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6) 


GROTON 


DURING 


THE    INDIAN    WARS. 


RY 


SAMUEL    A.  ^EEN,  .M.D 


GROTON,   MASS. 

1883. 

Bibliotheque, 

Le  Seminaire  de  Qu6bea, 
3,  rue  de  I'Universiio, 
Qu6bec  4,  QUE. 


II 


^atntirtlrgt : 

PRINTED    BV   JOHN    WILSON    AM, 
DMVERSITY    PRESS. 


SON, 


lO 


^ht  iHemorp 


OF    THE 


BRAVE   MEN  AND  HEROIC   WOMEN 

WHOSE    HOMES    WH.E    ..HSXHOVEO,    WHOSE    K.X.HHH    WH.E    S.U..    ...   .„,,, 

CH.I.OREN     WERE     CARRIED     INTO     CAPT.V.TV,     DUR.NO     THE 

SEVERAL     ASSAULTS     ON     THE     TOWN     liY 

THE     INDIANS, 

rms  AccouvT  of  their  sufferlvgs 
£s  Ingttibcl) 

By  the  Author. 


CONTENTS. 


Chapter 

I.  Kino  Philip's  War    .     . 

II.  King  William's  War      . 

III.  Queen  Anne's  War   .     , 

IV.  Dummer's  War  .... 
V.  Kino  George's  War  . 

VI.  French  and  Indian  War 

VII.  Miscellaneous   Matters 


Pa(.k 

7 

51 

86 

148 

IS7 
179 


INDEX 


^93 


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?!tn!:fi.f^ 


CHAPTER    I. 


KING     PHILIP'S    WAR. 


I. 

TIIK  early  settlers  of  Groton  encountered  many  triUs  inri 
pnvat.ons  .n   planting  the  town.     The  nK-n  worked   tc 

r^!z.:7.:::::r^r^'  --  -  ^-en^:::;,:d 
-  ;oo.  the.  w.h  ^;-L  ':^^::-i:::^:;^c^{;;^ 

Ihcm  and   an   unbroken  wilderness      The.o  t 

wceft'il      "T"™''  -I"'--"'  careful  >v„.ci„„.      Thee 

>vi.o  at  .in:.":;:;;  ;.:ri'-:;rL"  ^-  '^"^""-^-  '^■■-^' 


8 


KINC    IIIILI1"S    VVAK. 


ch 


m^vA  tluir  alxulcs,  ^ioiiu'  hitlur  and  tliitli 


ir,  as  the-)-  foiiiul 


K<>o(l  luiiUinK'-K'romuls  and  lisliinK-i)Iaci,-s.    Ihvy  b.irtfivd  skins 
and  furs  with  tlu-  plantiis;   and 


so  niiuh  business  was  carried 


k; 


on  in  tliis  way.  that  the  K'»\rrnnuMit  sohl  to  inchvidiials  ti 
ri.^ht  to  trade  witli  them.     As  larly  as  July,  1657,  M,-.  J,,hn 


TinU 


er.  one  of  thi-  ori'^inal  sekctinen  of  the  to 


wn,  appointed 


hy  the  ( leneral  Court,  paid  ei-ht  pounds  for  the  privilege  u( 
trafficking'   with    tluiii  .it   Lancaster  .uul  (iroton.     A   few  of 
these  natives  knew  a  little   ICn-lish,  which  they  had   picke.l 
up  lidin  contact  wi'.h  the  whites,     (lool, 
his  "  llisi(.r\-  of  the  Christian    Ind 


in  refers  to  them 


ni 


st)nie  skulkin-;   Indians  of  tl 


ians,"  wiien  he   speaks  of 


le  eneni)-,  that  formerly  livid 


was  named   Nalha 


about  (Iroton,   tiie  princi|>al  wiiereof 

he  and    his   party  did   this  and  other  n     chief  afterward. 

burning;  sexeral  houses  at  Chelmsford."  »     This  N 


UK' 


U1 


taken  subseiiuently  at  Cocheco,  now  I) 
and   hani4ed    in    Moston.      Some  of   the 
acti\e  part  in  the   biirnin;/   of  (iroton  d 


ithaniel  was 
over.  New  Hampshire, 


an 


War.     The   leadi-r  of  tl 
Mon 


se  vagrants  took 
iirin<,f   Kini,'   Philip's 


U 


ICO.  or 
)f 


ic  savai,fes  at  this  assault   was  John 
Monoco.  nickn.imed  "One-eyed  John,"  from  the 


OSS  of  an  e\-e.      After  he  had  taken  by  strata- 
house,   he    entered    into    a    I 


fcm  a  irarnson- 


n.i(  conversation  with  Captain 
I'arker.  who  was  stationed  in  another  house  near  by,  and 
calK'd    him    his   o/t/  neighbor.      V\on\   this   fact   I   infer   that 


()ne-e>ed  John"  knew  Captain  Parker,  and  had  previously 


lived  in  the  vicinity.     Warf; 


ire  amon^  the  abori'dnes  did  not 


require  ^generalship  so  much  as  knowledi,re  of  places;  and 
the  head  of  an  assaullin--  party  was  one  familiar  with  the 
clearin-s  and  the  lay  of  the  land  in  the  threatened  territory. 


D 


uriULT 


th 


e  ensuini,^  autumn  this  leader  was  brought  to  the 


^allows   in  Boston,  where  h 


the 


aw 


e  suffered  the  extreme  penalty  of 


The  Indians  soon  acquired   from   the   ICn.L^lish  the  love  of 
strong  drmk.  which  is  sure  to  lead  to  ilisputes  and  quarrels. 


Arclixologia  Americana,  II.  471. 


KING    l'HILIi"S    WAR. 


(■•>•  foillUl 

•red  skills 
IS  canicil 
liials  tlu; 
^Ir.  John 
ppoiiUcd 
viK'^c  of 
\    few  of 
I    |>icl<i(l 
tllfiii   ill 
)caks  of 
rly  livid 
aliianirl, 
uarcl.  ill 
mid  was 
npsliirc, 
took   an 
I'liilip's 
as  Jolui 
roni  the 
arrison- 
Captain 
by,  ami 
for  that 
'vioiisly 
ch'il  not 
.'s ;    and 


The  carh'cst  documents  at  the  State  House,  relating'  t<»  CIroton 
and  the  savaj^es,  ^jivc  an  account  of  a  drunken  Imivvi  which 
ended  in  murder.     The  affair  took  place  in  the   Merrimack 
Valley,  and  several   men    of  this    town   were  summoned  to 
appear  as  witnesses  at  the  investi^r.ition  before  the  General 
Court  in    Boston.     In   t!ie   siirin^  of  1668   Captain    Richard 
Walilron  built  a  trucking'  or  trading'  house  at  I'enacook.  now 
Concord,    New    Hampshire,   where    a    few    weeks    later   one 
Thomas  Dickinson  was  murdered  by  an  Indian  while  under 
the  mHuence  of  liquor.     The  homicide  created  ^^reat  excite- 
ment, and  it  has  been  supposed  to  have  delayed  the  perm^.. 
neiit  settlement  of  the  place  for  many  years.      A   warrant 
was  issued  directing'  the   constable   rf  (j^^t  .,  to  summon 
John  Page,  Thomas  Tarbell.  Jr..  Josejih  IMood.  and   Robert 
I'arish.  all  of  this  town,  before  the  General  Court  in  order  to 
^Mvc   their  testimony,   which    they  did   under  oath       It  ap- 
peared by  the  evidence  that  there  had  been  a  drunken  row 
and  that  Dickinson  was  killed  by  an  Indian,  who  acknowl- 
cdj;ed    the   crime   and    expressed    ^rrcat   sorrow   for   it,  but 
pleaded  drunkenness  in  extenuation  of  the  deed.     The  cul- 
prit was  tried   at  once   by  a   council    of  the    Indians,  who 
sentenced  him  to  be  shot,  which  was  done  the  next  day      It 
IS  interestin^r  now  to  note  the  hijrh  temperance  stand  taken 
more  than  two  hundred  years  a^o,  by  the  Chief  Tohaiinto. 
which  places  him  abreast  of  the  most  earnest  opposers  of  the 
rum  traffic  at  the  present  time. 

Throughout  this  narration  I  purpose  to  give,  as  far  as 
practicable,  the  exact  language  of  the  men  connected  with 
the  events;  and  for  this  reason  many  oHginal  documents  are 
pnnted  in  full.  Some  of  the  papers  relating  to  the  affair  at 
1  enacook  are  as  follows  : 


To  the  Constable  of  Groaten 
These.  Require  yo"  in  his  Maj-  name,  to  sumone  c^  recjuire  fohn 
Page  &  such  othe'  of  f  tonne  y>  went  vp  to  l.uiuire  for  y'ir  catle.  at 


,    I 


10 


KIN(}   PHILIPS   WAR. 


Pemicook  presently  o-  the  death  of  the  Englishman  nuirthured  by  y= 
Indians  there  lately  in  a  drunken  fitt.  as  is  sayd  &  others  y'  yo"  know 
to  make  theire  Appearances  before  the  Gcnerall  [Court]  now  sitting  in 
Boston  on  27"'  Instan'.  at  eight  of  y-'  clocke  in  the  morning  to  give 
in  their  euidences  in  y--'  Case  relating  to  y''  sd  murthe'  &  y^  occasion 
thereof  by  selling  strong  liquo's  &  by  whom  as  they  know  or  have  heard 
making  yo'  return  of  this  warrant  to  the  Secretary  at  or  before  y'  time 
hereof  yo"  are  not  to  faile  dated  in  Boston,  the  i5"'of  Octobe^  1668. 
By  the  Court  Edw  :  Rawson  SercT ' 

[Endorsed] 

'Hiese   thre    men    namly  John    Page    Thomas  an   Robard 

rarhall  Junf   &  Joseph   Blood   are   Summanced  Parish 

to  apear<=  at  the  Generall  Court,  according  to  the  premises : 
^y^^^                      ■          Matthias  Farnworth 

'Vr.  .1     r^      .  1 ,    ^  Constable  of  Grawton 

lo  the  Constable  Grawten 

[Massachusetts  Archives.  XXX.  155.] 

The  words  "  an  Robard  Parish  "  appear  in  the  original,  in 
one  corner  of  the  writing,  as  given  above.  They  were  evi- 
dently put  in  after  the  document  was  written. 

The  Deposition  of  Danll  Waldron  being  called  to  speak  what  I 
know  about  the   Death   of  Thomas    Dikison  who  was  killed  by  an 
Indian  as  they  say:   my  selfe  with  many  others  was  sent  up  by  my 
father  to  see  the  corps  and  enquire  into  his  death  when  we  came 
there  we  found  the  man  dead  and  an  Indian  lying  dead  by  him  and 
examining  the  Indians  how  he  came  by  his  death  they  said  the  Indian 
that  lay  dead  by  hiin  killed  him  with  his  knife  :  and  enquiring  further 
why  he  killed  him  the  Indians  told  us  they  asked  him  and  he  gave 
them  no  answere  but  bid  them  shoott  him  :   and  further  enquiring 
whether  the  Indian  were  Drunk  they  answered  that  he  was  not  Drunk 
and  after  this  we  saw  him  buried  presently,  and  we  returned  home  the 
next  Day 

This  was  taken  vpon  oath  :  this  20  :  { of  r  8  : 1  m5  1668  before  vs 

Simon  Wuj,ard 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  XXX.  157.]  W^'  H.^THORNF 


KING   PHILIP'S    WAR. 


II 


Wee  whose  names  are  herevnto  subscribed  doe  testifye  that  in  or 
aboute  f  Month  of  June  last  past  goeing  to  Pennyconke  to  enquire 
after  Cattle  yt  were  lost,  rideing  to  y-'  ffort  at  the  sayd  Pennicooke, 
meeteing  w'"  some  of  the  Indians  belonging  thereto  told  us,  y'  an 
Englishman  was  Killed  by  an  Indian,  antl  that,  all  our  Knglishmans 
Laws  they  had  Killed  the  Indian,  wee  farther  enquireing  of  them  how 
and  whether  the   Indians  were   drunck   when   the    Englishman  was 
Killed,  and  they  answered  all  Indians  were  then  drunck  or  else  they 
hail   noe    Kild   Englishman;    And    farther  wee  Evidence  Tohaunto 
a  Sagamore  being  afrayd  that  wee  had  brought  Liquors  to  sell  desired  us 
if  wee  had  any,  that  wee  would  power  it  vppon  the  ground  for  it  would 
make  ye  Indians  all  one  Divill,  And  farther  wee  meeteing  wth  Thomas 
Payne,  who  told  us  he  was  Cap!  Waldern's  serv',  asking  him  whether 
the  Indians  were  druncke  when  the  Englishman  was  Killed,  and  he 
answered  not  drunck  ;  and  after  farther  discourse  wth  ye  sd  Payne  he 
sayd  that  ye  pson  that  was  Killed  was  Peter  Coffins  man  and  farther 
sayd  that  if  the  Killing  of  the  Man  did  not  prevent  it  his  the  sayd 
Paynes  Master  Capt  Walderne  and  Peter  Coffin  did  intend  to  send 
Carpenters  to  build  there  and  also  to  have  ground  broake  vpp  to  be 
unproved,  and  wee  farther  affirme  that  wee   saw  a  Rundlett  which 
would  hold  at  least  six  Gallons  in  the  Trucking  House  near  the  sayd 
ffort ;  after  wch  wee  meeteing  wth  the  Indians  then  there,  and  telling 
them  yt  Thomas  Payne  told  us  that  they  were  not  drunck  when  The 
Englishman  was  Killed  the  Indians  then  sayd  yt  Payne  much  Lyed, 
for  wee  had  Divers  Quarts  of  Liquors  the  same  day  that  the  sayd 
Englishman  was  Killed  upon  and  one  of  the  Indians  CoiTiaunded  his 
Squagh  to  wash  a  Bladder,  wherein  the  Indian  savd  there  was  a  Quart 
of  Liciuors  and  wee  doe  adiudge  it  to  be  as  much ;  or  using  words  to 
the  same  effect 

John  Pagk 

r,  .    ,^  Thomas  Tarball 

Sworne  m  Court,  27,  octobe'  r66S  :  Joseph  blouu 

Edw  :  Rawson  Secrets' 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  XXX.  161. j 

_   During  a  .series  of  years   before    King    Philip's   War  the 
Indians    had    been    supplied    with    arms    and    ammunition! 


12 


t  : 


i  ! 


KING   PHILIP'S   WAP. 


though  this  was  contrary  to  the  laws  of  the  colonics.     The 
I'rench  in  Canada  and  the  Dutch  in  New  York  had  carried 
on  considerable  traffic  with  the  natives  in  these  contraband 
articles;    and    occasionally   some   avaricious    settler    would 
barter   with   them,   giving   powder   and   shot   in    exchange 
The    possession    of   firearms    made   the    Indians    bold    and 
insolent,  and  the  tendency  of  events  was  toward  open  hos- 
tilities.    This  tendency  was  strengthened  by  a  feeling  of  sus- 
picion on  the  part  of  the  colonists,  and  by  one  of  jealousy 
on  the  part  of  the  savages.     Distrust  always  grows  out  of 
suspicion,  and  the  fears  of  the  settlers  began  to  be  excited 
when  they  thought  of  their  exposed  situation.     Under  these 
circumstances,  it  was  wise  to  prepare  for  all  emergencies; 
and  at  an  early  day  a  military  company  was  organized  in 
this  town.     The  following  entry  is  made  in  the  manuscript 
records  of  the  General    ^ourt  during  the  session  beginninff 
May  6,  1673 :  —  *>         s 

James  Parker  of  Groaten  hauing  had  the  care  of  the  military  Com- 
pany there  for  seuerall  yeares.  is  Appointed  &  ordered  to  be  their 
leiftennant  &  W"'  Larkin  to  be  ensigne  to  the  sajd  Company  there 

[General  Court  Records,  IV.  718.] 

The  two  officers  of  this  organization  were  each  promoted 
one  grade  during  the  next  autumn,  which  would  indicate  that 
the  company  was  filling  up  in  numbers.  At  the  session  of 
the  General  Court  beginning  October  15,  1673,  the  record 
reads : 

The  military  Company  of  (Jroaten  being  destitut  of  military 
oficers  The  Court  Judgeth  it  meet  to  choose  &  Appoint  James  Parker 
to  be  their  captane  W"  Lakin  to  be  leiftennant  &  Nathaniel  Lawrence 
to  be  their  ensigne 

[General  Court  Records,  IV.  726.] 

Before  this  time  there  had  been  in  Middlesex  County  a 
company  of  troopers,   or  cavalry,  made  up  of  men   living 


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13 


in  the  frontier  towns,  of  which  Groton  was  one — as  men- 
tioned in  the  General  Court  Records  of  October,  1669. 

One  of  the  prominent  men  in  the  history  of  the  Colony  at 
this  period  was   Major  Simon  Willard.     A  native  of  Eng- 
land, he  came  to  Massachusetts  in  the  year  1634.     He  had 
lived   at  Concord,  Lancaster,   and  Groton,  and  in  all  these 
places  exerted  a  wide  influence.     He  had  filled  various  civil 
offices,  and  in  his  day  was  a  noted  military  man.     His  farm 
was  situated  at  Nonacoicus,  now  included  within  the  limits  of 
Ayer;  and  his  dwelling-house  was  the  first  building  burned 
at  the  attack  on  Groton,   March   13,   1676.     During  several 
months  previously  he  had   been  engaged  with  his  men   in 
scouting  along  the  line  of  frontier  settlements  and  protecting 
the  inhabitants.     At  this  assault  Major  Willard  came  with  a 
company  of  cavalry  to  the  relief  of  the  town,  though  he  did 
not  reach  the  place  in  time  to  be  of  service  in  its  defence. 
He  died  at  Charlestown,  on  April  24,  1676,  a  very  few  weeks 
after  this   town  was    abandoned.      Benjamin  Tompson,  the 
earliest  native  American  poet,  pays  the  following  tribute  to 
his   character,  in  a  little  pamphlet  published   during  King 
Philip's  War,  and  entitled   "New  England's  Tears."      It  is 
certainly  rude  in  expression,  and  probably  just  in  its  concep- 
tion, but  not  accurate  as  to  the  date  of  his  death :  — 

About  this  Time  Died  Major  Willard  Esq ;  who  had  continued 
one  of  our  Senators  many  years,  and  Head  of  the  Massachuset  Bands. 
In  23  April  1676. 

EPITAPHIUM. 

Great,  Good,  and  Just,  Valiant,  and  Wise, 
New  Englands  Common  Sacrifice  : 
The  Prince  of  War,  the  Bond  of  Love, 
A  True  Hcroick  Martial  Dove  : 
Pardon  I  croud  his  Parts  so  close 
Which  all  the  World  in  measure  knows, 
We  envy  Death,  and  well  we  may. 
Who  keeps  him  under  Lock  and  Key. 


I  ■ 


H 


KING    PHILIP'S   WAR. 


His  Praises  will,  or  are  more  largely  celebrated  ;  but  let  this  be 

andTenem"''    "^' '"  "''  ^''"''  "'"  '"^  ^^'"""^''  ^^'"^  "'"  '^"^  '^"^^ 

Tlic  first  mention  of  anythin<,r  in  the  town- records,  relatinjr 
to  the  Indians  or  the  War,  is  the  following :  — 

At  a  meeting  of  the  sellect  men  Jnlly  2  July  22   75  a  rat  made 

of    \,lham  Longley  constable  to  gather  the  sume  23!   r.r  4  added  7 
shiil  more  than  the  Just  proportion  ' 

The  nuitterings  of  warfare  were  now  beginning  to  be  heard 
and  the  colonists  were  looking  for  protection.     Captain  Par- 
ker writes  to  Governor  Leverett,  under  date  of  August  25 
1675,  that  the  inliabitants   "are   in  a  very  great  stratt "  and 
"much  discouraged  in  their  spirits ;  "  that  they  want  ammu- 
nition  and  twenty  good    muskets    for   their  pikcmen       The 
letter  Itself  with  the  quaint  expressions  of  two  centuries  an-o 
gives  a  good  idea  of  their  narrow  circumstances,  and  is'as 
lollows:  — 

r,  the  honoured  yohn  Lcucret  Esquir  Goner nour  of  the  Mas.echusets 
eoi/ony 

Honoured  sir  with  the  rest  of  your  counsell  I  have  made  bold  to 
cnform  your  worships  how  the  case  stand  with  vs  that  the  Indians  are 
aproach^'   near  to  vs  our  scouts   hau  discouerd  seuerall  tracks  very 
near  the  habetable  parts  of  the  town  and  one  Indian  they  discouerd 
but  escapt  from  them  by  skulking  amongst  the  bushes  and  som  of  the 
Inhabitants  of  our  town  have  heard  them  in  the  night  singing  and  ' 
lalloeing.  which  doe  detennin  to  vs  their  great  height  of  Insolency : 
nt  are  in  a  very  great  strait     our  Inhabitants  are  very  much  discour- 
aged in  their  spirits  am)  their  by  diseuaded  from  their  callings     I  haue 
receiued  20  men  from  the   worshipfall   Major  ^Vellard  and  Captain 
Mosselly  men  to  help  secur  our  town,  but  notwithstanding  we  are  in  . 
very  weak  capacity  to  defend  ourselues  against   the  Insolency  and 
potency  of  the  enemy  if  they  shold  apear  in  number  and  with  that 
violenc  that  they  did  apear  at  c.uabog  [Rrooknel.l]   the  which  the 
good  lord  forbid   if  it  be  his  good  pleasur,    much    honoured  and 


1  > 
'I  I 


KING   PHILIP'S   WAR. 


IS 


respected  the  good  lord  be  with  you  In  your  consultations  that  you 
may  vnderstand  what  to  doe  for  your  new  england  Israel  at  such  a  tini 
as  this  and  in  particular  ourselues  and  for  our  dear  neighbours  at  Lan- 
chester  vpon  whom  the  enemy  haue  made  an  Inraid  6  persons  are 
already  found  and  buryed  the  y'Awhich  they  doe  expect  is  kild  is  not 
as  yet  found  you  may  be  pleased  to  tak  notice  'that  we  shall  want 
ammunition  spedily  by  reason  that  we  hau  parted  with  som  to  Cap' 
Mosselly  men  and  som  we  spent  in  the  fight  at  quabog  as  also  I  liau 
suplyed  the  souldiers  with  aiiumition  that  were  sent  to  me  that  was 
Imployed  in  the  seruice  they  hauing  spent  their  ammunition     If  you 
could  help  vs  with  20  good  muskets  for  our  pik  men  and  I  will  return 
them  again  or  else  giu  a  valluable  price  for  them    in   such   pay  as 
we  can  produce  among  ourselues  not  else  at  present  but  leaue  you 
to  the  guidance  of  the  God  of  heauen  who  is  the  only  wise  counsellor 
and  remaine 

Your  seruant  to  coiTiaund  in  any  seniice  to  my  power 

r        ,,  jAft^ES  Parkek  Cap' 

from  Groten  ^ 

August  25   75 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXVIL  244.] 

A  few  days  before  the  date  of  this  letter,  Captain  Samuel 
Moseley  writes  from  "  Nashowah  Allies  Lankester:  16':"  Augs' 
1675"  that,  in  accordance  with  instructions  from  Major- 
General  Denison,  he  had  sent  "to  Groatton :  12:  men." 
These  are  among  the  ones  alluded  to  in  Captain  Parker's  let- 
ter, as  having  arrived  to  help  secure  the  town.  Captain 
Moselcy  further  says:  — 

also  last  nightt  aboutt  seaven  A  Clocke  we  martchcd  Into  Nashowah 
I  Lancaster]  wheare  we  are  Att  Presentt  butt  shall  as  soone  as  the  Con- 
stable Hajth  prest  vs  a  dozen  Horsses ;  Proseed  for  groatton  &  so  to 
Chenceford  ;  according  to  the  ordS  Majo^  VVillerd  gaue  me  yesterday 
Att  Quoahbauge  [Brookfield]. 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  lAVII.  230.] 

Th<=:  letter  was  ^\•rittcn  a  few  days  after  Major  Willard  and 
CapLdi    Parker,  both  of  Groton,  had  gone  with  forty-si.x  men 


i6 


KING   PHILIP'S   WAR. 


and  five  Indians,  to  the  rescue  of  lirookfield,  on  August  7, 
1675,  and  just  in  the  nick  of  time  saved  that  town  from 
massacre.  An  interesting  account  of  this  affair,  written  by 
Captain  Thomas  Wheeler,  is  found  in  the  second  volume  of 
the  "  Collections  of  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society." 
Captain  Wheeler  was  a  brave  soldier,  and  severely  wounded 
in  that  campaign.  Evidently  he  could  fight  better  than  he 
could  spell,  judging  from  the  following  certificate :  — 

To  the  honered  Govemer  6-  Conncdl  of  the  Massathusets  Colony  in 
New  England 

These  are  to  signyfie  that  Cornellius  Consert  the  Dutchman  was 
vppon  the  Contryes  Servis  Att  quabauge  &  by  the  Councle  of  warre 
there  was  sent  out  Cap'  of  the  forlorne  And  Afterward  marched  to 
Grotton  &  Chensford  &  According  to  my  best  Advice  Continued  in 
the  Countryes  servis  six  weekes  Cornellius  being  Reddy  to  depart  the 
Country  ^:  myselfe  being  here  att  boston  the  Major  Willard  being 
Absent  I  ^Tanted  this  ticket. 


Boston  October  y"  13 

1675 
[MassachuseUs  Archives,  LXVIII.  7.] 


Thoaus  Wheler  Cap' 


In  those  days  there  was  no  physician  here  to  offer  his  pro- 
fessional skill  to  the  government  in  its  time  of  need,  and 
even  a  small  military  force  was  sure  to  require  medical  or 
surgical  attendance.  It  therefore  became  necessary  to  im- 
press into  the  public  service  a  surgeon,  as  well  as  a  horse  with 
accoutrements,  as  we  find  from  the  following  order: 

To  the  Constable  of  Boston. 

These  Require  you  in  his  Majes'>'^  name  forthwith  to  Impresse  M' 
VV"  Haukins  Chirurgeon  :  Imediately  to  pre])are  himseh"  w'"  materials 
as  Chirurgeon  &  to  dispatch  to  Marlbory.  to  Capt  Mosely  c^-  attend  his 
motion  &  souldiers  at  Groaten.  or  elsewhere :  for  wch  End  you  are 


KING   PHILIP'S   WAR. 


i; 


also  to  Impressa  an  able  horse'&  furniture  for  him  :  to  (ioe  •  w"'  the 
post 

Dated  at  Boston  if^  Augus'  1675  "taking  Return  hereof  to  the 
Secret*' 

By  y"  Council 

,,,       .  ,    ,.  Edw.  Rawson  Secret'' 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXVII.  241.] 

The  constable  made  the  indorsement  on  the  order  that  Dr 
Hawkms  was  duly-  warned.  According  to  Savage's  Genealcn ' 
cal  Dictionary  he  was  a  butcher,  but  in  his  will  he  is  styled 
a  surgeon, -a  union  of  callings  whici,  is  rather  suggestive 

At  this  time  King  Philip's  War  had  begun,  and  open  hos- 
tilities had  alarmed  the  inhabitants  of  the  place.  The  Council 
passed  an  order  on  September  8,  1675.  that  Cornet  Thomas 
Brattle  and  Lieutenant  Tiiomas  Henchman  should  take  fifty 
men, -of  whom  thirty-  were  to  come  from  Norfolk,  then  a  dif- 
ferent county  from  the  present  one,  and  twenty  from  Middle- 
sex,     and  place  them  in  the  garrisons  at  Dunstable,  Groton 

expedient"'?;  "   T''    P'-^I^"'"^'--   ^  -^^-T  should   deem 
expedient.     The  order  is  as  follows  :  — 

For  Coma  Thomas  Bratlc  ^  Leif tenant  Thomas  Henchman 
You   are    herl)y  inipourcd  &  appointed  with  a   party  of  horsmen 
vncler  your  comand,  forthwith  to  march  to  Chelm  forcf  to  a«"  d  " 
P»t  m  execution  the  instructions  following  • 

CoTke  V     ^'T  '■'''  ^'^'^ty  f  '^■■e  to  come  from  the  county  of 

olsin  th    r  "  ''''  '"'^"  y^"  ■'''  ^'^^'^'^^  'o  «ett  in  garri- 

son. ,n  the  frontier  townes  of  Dunstable,  Groton,  and  L.n<-.ster  L   n 

giuein.  those  offi  r       '•  "^'   ''''^'''''  '^''''''  "^  '^"^^^  ^-^ne  : 

t    Ze  vweT    ' '""'  "^  "■''-"  ^'""^  ^"-y  ^'^y '-  -'-und  . 

search  for\    r  '''"''  '  ""  ''■  ^'^^>-  ''''  '^  ^^^^^  '^^SS^  ^vith  y'"  to 

search  for  ^  discouer  any  enimy  that  may  aproch  nere  such  towne  & 


(  ! 


l8 


KING   PHILIP'S   WAR. 


at  night  to  repaire  vnto  such  corps  chi  gaurd,  as  are  appointed  to  them 
for  the  security  of  the  s'  place,  and  there  to  keep  watch  by  night ; 
&  furthermore  you  are  to  declare  vnto  the  Inhabitants  of  each  Towne 
(you  are  herby  orderd  to  garrison)  that  the  (;ouerno'&  cotmcil  do 
expect  their  bee  meet  prouisions  of  victual  made  for  the  garrison  sol- 
diers herby  ordered,  at  y''  charge  of  towne  ;  whch  is  not  to  bee  brought 
vnto  the  acco'  of  the  publicke  ;  &  if  any  town  or  people  decline  so  to 
Doe  so  you  are  herby  ordered  not  to  leaue  any  soldiers  with  them. 

Secondly  you  are  further  ordered,  to  Vse  your  best  endeuor  to  setle, 
comi)ose  &  quiet  matters  respecting  the  Indians  our  neighboars,  par- 
ticularly those  that  Hue  at  VVamesit,  Nashubah,  &  Malborough ;  y'  you 
endeuer  to  put  in  execution  the  printed  order,  relating  to  those  Indi- 
ans «S:  particularly  y'  you  procure  some  english  man  or  men  to  bee 
with  y"  or  at  least,  to  visit  y'"  once  a  day  to  be  as  guardiarts  for  securing 
the  english  and  Indians,  that  neither  the  one  or  other  may  bee  piudiced 
or  injured,  &  the  council  are  willing  to  allow  such  person  or  psons  a 
meet  compensation  for  their  seruice  in  y'  Imploy.  And  concerning 
the  Indians  at  Marlborow  who  are  ordered  to  reside  at  Hassanamesit 
about  twelue  miles  distant  whether  you  are  to  order  the  cheefe  officer 
of  Malborow  to  conuey  them,  &  if  you  can  possibly  procure,  an 
english  man  or  two  to  reside  with  them,  at  Hassanamesit  according  as 
the  printed  order  proude  but  in  case  that  can  not  bee  obtained  y" 
those  Indians  must  be  left  at  Hassanamesit  with  expose  charge  punck- 
tualy  to  Obserue  the  printed  order. 

Lastly  you  are  to  endeauor  either  one  or  both  of  you  (if  it  may  bee) 
to  gaine  the  Indian  Sachem  called  Wannalanset  to  com  in  againe  and 
Hue  at  wamesit  (luietly  [and]  pecabley ;  you  may  promise  him  in  the 
Councills  name  y'  if  hee  will  returne  &  his  people  d^  Hue  cjuietly  at 
VVamesit  hee  shal  susteyne  no  p'iudise  by  the  english  :  only  you  are  to 
ppose  to  him  y'  he  deliuer  for  a  hostage  to  the  english  his  sonne  who 
shalbe  wel  vsed  by  vs,  &  in  case  hee  come  in  &:  can  bee  gained  then 
you  are  to  impour  him  to  informe  the  Pennakooke  t*v:  Natacook  indians 
&  all  other  indians  on  the  F^ast  side  of  Merrimack  Riuer,  that  they  may 
Hue  quietly  &  peacable  in  y'  places  &  shall  not  bee  disturbed  any 
more  by  the  english  prouided  they  do  not  assist  or  ioyne  with  any  of 
or  enimiy  nor  do  any  danunage  or  preiudice  to  y"  english  : 

And  hauing  put  in  execution  these  instructions  you  are  to  returne 
home  and  giue  an  acco'  thereof  to  the  Council. 


KING    PHILIP'S    WAR. 


ed  to  them 
by  night ; 
ich  Towne 
council  do 
arrison  sol- 
)ce  brouglit 
;cline  so  to 
h  them, 
or  to  setle, 
boars,  par- 
!,'h  ;  y'  you 
those  indi- 
len  to  bee 
or  securing 
:e  piudiccd 
or  psons  a 
concerning 
issanamesit 
;efe  officer 
rocure,  an 
cording  as 
ibtained  y" 
rge  punck- 

:  may  bee) 
;gaine  and 
lim  in  the 
quietly  at 
you  are  to 
ionne  who 
lined  then 
ok  indians 
t  they  may 
iirbed  any 
ith  any  of 

to  returne 


19 


And  what  euer  is  necessary  for  fulfiling  these  Instructions  you   ire 
herby  niipowred  by  order  of  the  Goilno^  cV  Councel  to  do  it 

past  by  r  Councel  8  September  "16  75 

I  Massachusetts  Archives,  LXVII.  252.]  £-  K-  S. 

About  this  time  the  question  of  withdrawing  a  considerable 
force  from  the  garrisons  seems  to  have  been  considered  •  but 
a  protest  against  such  action  was  drawn  up  and  signed  by 
S.mon  W.Iiard  and  three  others,  who  were  probably  the 
officers  ,n  command.  From  the  representation  they  made, 
■t  IS  not  likely  that  any  troops  were  taken  away.  The  com- 
munication was  as  follows : — 

Honmi  Gentlemen  the  GoHvr><^  Councel/ 

Cani'^Hif  r"""'  •"  'T'  ''""'"«^'  ^°  y°"^  «^^'-'  ^li-0"rse  with 
Capt  H.ncksman,  ,n  reference  to  his  actings  in  his  wave  as  to  r 

-misione  he  reed  frome  you,  he  is  to  take:   80  men   fro.e  o 

.ansons  that  ,s  all  we  haue  or  mor,  &  we  :  stand  in  neede  o    1 

but  we  dare  not  be  so  bold,  our  corne,  that  littill  we  haue   is    {.r  t 

weare  gathered,  but  if  our  scouts  be  taken  off  heer  is  littil  IbeXed 

^  many  will  be  hardly  kept  with  vs,  btit  will  rune  awaye  frome  alou; 

thoughts  are,  that  it  might  be  tbr  Zr s^^t'  1;^  ^l 

your  humbi:  Lvan ;:      ""  ^'  ^™''^  '^^  ^"^  ^-^'-^'  ^"^  rest 
Groaton  this  25"' :  7  :  75 

Simon  Willard, 
Salcm  Adajies 

fMassachusetts  Archives,  LXVII   ^6. 1  r^'"""   ^'''''''^  '' 

■  ^  ^1  James  Kidder 


f 


20 


KlNd    rillLIl'S    WAR. 


In  the  autumn  of  this  year  —  (October  27,  1675  —  the  town 
was  assessed  ^"i  i.  lojr.  as  her  rate  to  carry  on  the  war;  and, 
when  paid  in  money,  one  quarter  to  be  abated.  (Archives, 
LXVIII.  29.)  This  amount  a[)pears  to  be  in  addition  to 
the  rate  made  at  a  j^eneral  town  meeting  on  July  22  of  the 
previous  summer. 

It  is  evident,  from  an  entr)'  in  the  toun-records,  that  there 
was  about  this  time  a  sMght  hill  in  the  local  excitement.  It 
is  recorded :  — 

At  a  (icncrall  Towne  meeting  held  no-  8  1675  It  was  this  day 
agreed  vpon  and  by  vote  declared  that  there  should  he  a  conimitte 
chussen  to  treat  with  Mr  Willard  about  sending  down  to  the  generall 
court  to  Knforme  and  supplieat  to  them  that  we  may  haue  payd  to  vs 
what  is  our  due  from  the  countrey  and  also  that  the  Billit  of  the  soul- 
diers  may  be  vpon  the  countreys  account  and  also  agreed  vpon  that  if 
this  would  not  doe  for  to  stand  it  out  at  law  with  them 

and  the  commitee  chussen  was  Cap'  Parker  Leiftenant  Lakin 
William  Longley  seni-  John  Tage. 

It  will  be  seen  by  this  vote  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  town 
did  not  now  feel  greatly  alarmed ;  but  one  month  later  they 
had  become  more  apprehensive  of  danger,  as  the  following 
extract  will  show  :  — 

At  a  General!  Towne  meeting  held  Dccem  q  75  It  was  this  day 
agreed  vpon  and  by  vot  declared  that  the  soldiers  that  are  still  remain- 
ing in  the  town  shalbe  continued  in  the  towne  at  the  town  charge  till 
such  tim  as  we  heare  a  returne  from  the  army  goei[ng]  against  the 
naroganset  and  then  the  towne  to  meet  againe  to  consider  what  is  fur- 
der  to  be  done. 

The  ensuing  winter  must  have  been  a  hard  one  for  the 
colonists,  not  only  here  but  throughout  New  England.  The 
Indians  had  burned  some  towns  and  threatened  others,  and  it 
was  a  season  of  distrust  and  despair.  The  time  was  rapidly 
approaching  when  this  place  woidd  suffer,  and  soon  the 
stroke  came.     It  seems  from  the  following  "  request,"  now  in 


1 


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KING  PHILIPS   WAR. 


21 


the  possession  of  Dr.  John  S.  H.  Fogg,  of  South  Boston,  that 
the  assault  was  not  unexpected :  — 

'Jo  the   J/ono-ai  the   Gcncrall   CVt  of  the  Massachusetts   Colony 
in  JSR :  •'* 

The  humble  re(iuest  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Groton 
humbly  sheweth,  ' 

That  Whcras  in  this  day  of  CalaiT.ity  ct  distresse,  wee  are  fcilow- 
suffcrcrs  with  our  brethren  cV  neighbo's,  in  the  sad  &  doleful  conse- 
quences of  the  present  unhappye  warre  ;  though  wee  have  cause  to 
adore  &  praise  that  mercy  which  hath  preserved  us  from  such  desola- 
tion luider  which  o'  neere  neighbo's  are  now  bleeding ;  yet  o'  suffer- 
ings  are  such,  as,  except   the  Lord  helpe.  wee  are  sinking  under 
I'.steemmg  it  therefore  o'  duty  to  apply  ,/selves  to  yo'  bono-,  whom 
wee  account  o'  pui,licke  fathers,  cV  trust  you  will  improve  yo'  wisdome 
cV-  abihtyes  for  us  :  wee  doe  earnestly  crave  o'  present  state  to  be  con- 
sidered, &  weighed  in   a  just  balance  ;    who  are  brought    neere  to 
utmost  streights.     The  enemye  (as  we  groundedly  suppose)  waiting 
an  opportunity  against  us  ;  the  season  of  the  yeere  calling  to  emi.loy- 
ment,  &  hasting  to  passe  away  from  us  :   ourselves  brought   into  a 
narrow  compasse,  &  ready  to  undergoe  sore  sufferings,  by  reason  of 
necessary  arising  inconveniencyes ;  o'  provision  neere  consumed    ,\: 
sould.ers  quartered  amongst  us  hastening  the  expense  of  it;  our  wives 
&:  children,  some  removed,  others  removing  ;  our  cattel  lying  oi,en  to 
dayly  hazards  of  being  seizec:  ;  These  things  portend  to  us  a  famine 
^'  poverty,  coming  upon  us  with  as  great  fury  on  the  one  hand,  as  the 
enemy  on  the  other;  c\:  wee  at  the  present  are  unable  to  be  beneficial 
to  tlie  pubhcke  &  private  interest  incumbent  upon  us.     Wee  humbly 
&  upon  o'  knees  crave  yo'  honors  .lirection  .^c  assistance  in  this  case,  as 
the  I  ord  shall  direct  whither  wee  shall  goe  or  stay,  or  what  way  we 
may  be  set  m,  &  wheras  we  were  summoned  to  send  in  o'  deijuty  we 
did  esteeme  o'  present  state  rec^uired  the  presence  of  o'  souldiery  at 
home,  especially  men  in  place  &  office  with  us:  wee  therefore,  being 
jmall  m  number,  c^^  dayly  waiting  the  approach  of  the  enemye,  have 
(not  ,n  any  despising  of  authority)  refrained  from   chusing  one:  c^- 
withal  have  chosen,  o'  Rever:'  Pasto'  M'  Sam-  Willard  to  present  this 
o  humble  request,  .V  farther  to  expresse  o'  minds  and  huntble  desires 
as  occasion  may  present,  &  yo'  hono-  shall  see  meet  to  e.Kjuire  into 


r' 


22 


\y\ 


KIN(;    I'H1LII".S   WAK. 


From  (Irotoii  ihis 
Febr:    19.  75. 


Commending  you  to  the  most  hygh,  iS:  supplicating  thcClod  of  heaven 
to  rcveale  rounsi-ll  in  this  day  of  darknesse,  (S:  to  make  you  instru- 
ments of  his  gloryc,  &  his  peoples  peace  ;  Wee  rest, 

Yo'  hono'" 

huuihle 

Sn|)pliants 

Simon  VVu,i,akd 

JaMKS   pAKKt-R  : 
iSupcrstription) 

lb  the  Honn'ed  the  (ienerall  Co't 

of  the  Massachusetts  (x)lonye 

Assembled  in  Hoston 

Ni: 

The  following  petition,  sent  to  the  Council  then  in  session 
at  Boston,  was  written  four  days  before  the  burning  of  Lan- 
caster, and  five  weeks  before  the  destruction  of  Groton.  The 
original  paper,  in  the  handwriting  of  the  Reverend  Samuel 
Willard,  is  now  among  the  Shattuck  Manuscripts  in  the 
library  of  the  New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society. 
Mr.  Willard  was  the  minister  of  Groton  at  that  time,  and  the 
son  of  Major  Simon  Willard.  The  perilous  condition  of 
the  frontier  towns  in  the  neighborhood  is  well  portrayed  in 
this  document.  Allusion  is  made  to  the  sudden  removal  of  the 
Wamesit  Indians,  —  a  friendly  tribe  living  near  the  present  site 
of  the  city  of  Lowell,  —  which  created  considerable  alarm,  as 
it  was  then  feared  that  they  had  joined  the  enemy.  It  turned 
out,  however,  to  be  groundless,  as  they  had  gone  into  the 
wilderness  only  for  a  short  time,  in  order  to  keep  clear  of  the 
intricacies  of  King  Philip's  War. 


To  the  hono''ed  Connsill  of  ihf 


'husets  sirhiv  in  Boston. 


The  humble  petition  of  us  whose  names  are  subscribed,  humbly 
sheweth  ; 

That  wheras  it  seemeth  meet  to  yo'  Worships  to  commend  to  o' 
honied  Majo'  Willard,  &  impose  upon  him  the  mainteining  a  con- 
tinued scout  of  fourty  troopers  &  Dragoons  to  range  between  Groton, 


KING  PHILIP'S  WAR. 


23 


Lancaster,  &   Marll)orough,  for  the  securing  of  the  interest  of  the 
(Jountrey  in  those  parts  ;  wee  make  bold  humbly  to  p'sent  o'  con>  op- 
tions upon  that  account :   For  Marlborough  wee  conceive  the  present 
supply  left  there  in  garison  doe  Answer  the  end  more  fully,  iS:  alsoe 
will  render  o'  scout  an  luinecessary  burden,  for  Lancaster  iV  (Jroton, 
wee  (ind  by  experience  that  o'  safety  is  little  advanced  in  this  way,  by 
reason  of  soe  long  absence,  &  soe  great  distance  of  this  scout  neces- 
sary in  this  method  :    besides  the  incumbrance   lying   upon  us  for 
<iuarters  for  horse  (!v  men,  besides,  the  drawing  up  of  o'  men  from 
severall  Townes  to  such  a  limit,  seemes  to  carry  inconvenience  with  il 
the  'I'owns  from  whence  o'  forces  are  raised  esi)ecially  Chelmsford  cV 
Mellerikey.  being  weake  &  in  want  of  more  strength  at  home,  &  danger 
accreuing  to  them,  by  the  sudden  an<l  suspicious  removall  u.  the 
VVamassuk  Indians,  whose  troopers  doe   hereupon  desire  a  release  : 
moreover  the  conceptions  of  the    Townes  related  conceive  humbly, 
that  a  scout  of  garrisoned  soukliers,  though  of  a  lesse  number,  &  those 
footmen,  whom  the  Townes  may  out  of  themselves  make  Dragoons, 
by  order  fro  authority,  as  occasion  may  present  ;  would  be  more  for 
the  security  of  the  'lownes,  besides  the  hazard  in  which  so  small  a 
number  must  needs  goe  in,  as  wee  have  sufficient  ground  to  suspect 
by  experience,  &   many  emergencyes  which   may  suddenly  fall   out 
before  addresse  bee  made  to  yo'  VVorshii)s  ;  wee  hmnbly  p'^sent  to  yo' 
Hon's  to  consideration,  &  if  it  seeme  Rationall,  to  alter,  or  adde  to 
this  matter  according  to  yo'  discretion. 

Yo'  Hono'-  humble  suppliants  : 
James  Parkkr  : 
(Iroton:  Febr:  6.  1675.  Tho  :  Whkeler 

Henry  Woodis 

[Endorsed] 

Capt.  Parke'  Wheeler  &  Woodys  letter  to  y=  Couns'l  Rec  feb.  8. 

1675- 

[Superscription] 
To  the  honored  the  Councill  of  The  Massachuset?  sitting  In  Boston. 

The  following  order,  signed  with  the  initials  of  Daniel 
Gookin  and  Thomas  Uanforth,  the  two  members  of  the 
Councd    hving  in  Cambridge,   was  issued  dunng  an   emer- 


■•jaiL."— "-H-  -umm 


24 


KING   PHILir'S    WAR. 


gcncy,  and  subsequently  approved  by  a  majority  of  that  body. 
'Ihc  town  was  threatened,  and  there  was  no  time  for  delay. 
Major  VVillard's  quarters  were  at  Nonacoicus,  and  it  was  to 
that  place  that  Captain  Cook  and  his  command  were  ordered 
to  eo.  It  is  highly  probable  that  these  Essex  and  Norfolk 
men  formed  a  part  of  the  force  that  came  under  Major  VVil- 
lard  to  the  relief  of  the  town,  as  mentioned  by  Mr.  Hubbard 
in  his  Narrative. 

To  M"  Joseph  Cooke 

You  are  hereby  ordered  &  impowred  to  take  ye  coinand  of  the 
Dragoons  &  Troops,  now  Impressed  out  of  Essex  and  Norff.'  for  the 
service  of  the  Country,  you  are  to  conduct  tliem  vp  to  Major  AV'illard, 
taking  speciall  care  that  they  make  no  waste  of  their  aitiunitiou,  '^ 
demeane  themselves  silently  &  vigilanty,  so  as  may  oe  for  their 
owne  security,  &  gaineing  an  opportunity  if  providence  pui  any,  for 
distressing  the  enemy,  &  securing  the  English  interest,  all  vv'''  you 
are  carefully  to  intend,  and  all  the  saitl  sokljers,  you  are  [to]  take 
their  names  in  a  list,  who  are  hereby  required  to  obey  you  as  their 
coiTiander,  &  when  you  shall  come  to  the  Majors  Quarters,  you  are 
required  to  attend  iiis  further  order,  &  in  so  doing  this  shall  be  yo' 
warrant,  making  returne  to  ye  Councell  of  w'  you  shall  do  herein. 

l^y  order  of  the  Councill. 
D.  (1. 
T.  D. 
date  in  Camt>r.  The  Council  mett  on  the 

16.  I.  i67if  16  :  of  March  1675  ^• 

Essex.  48.  And  Approoved  of  this  Act  of 

Norff.  40.  Majo'  Gookin  &  M'  Danforth 

as  Attest  E  R  S 

p'sent 
Gov' 

W  Brads' 
M'  GoOKIN 
M^  Dnf" 

M'  SrOUGHTON 

M  TvNo 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXVIII.  162] 


KhMG    PHILIP'S    WAR. 


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Nearly  one-and-twenty  years  had  passed  since  the  httle 
settlement  in  the  wilderness  was  begun,  and  Groton  was  fast 
approaching  its  majority.     The  new  town  had  enjoyed  a  mod- 
erate share   of  prosperity,   and  was   slowly  working  out   its 
destiny.     The  founders  were  poor  in  this  world's  goods,  but 
rich  in  faith  and   courage.     They  had  now  tasted  the  hard- 
ships of  frontier  life,  but  not  as  yet  felt  the  horrors  of  savage 
warfare.     The  distant  thunders  of  a  threatening  storm  were 
beginning  to  be   heard,   and   the  occasional   flashes  put  the 
early  settlers  on  their  guard.     King  Philip's  War  had  broken 
out  during  the  summer  of  1675,  and  the  outlying  settlements 
were  exposed  to  new  dangers.     The  inhabitants  of  this  town 
took   such   precautions  as  seemed    needful,   and    trusted    in 
Providence  for  the  rest.     They  were  just  beginning  to  pre- 
pare for  the  work  of  another  season,  when  a  small  band  of 
prowling   Indians    alarmed    the   town   by  pillaging  eight  or 
nine  houses  and  driving  off  some  cattle.     This  occurred  on 
March   2,   1676,  and  was   a  sufficient  warning,   probably,  to 
send  the  inhabitants  to  the  garrison-house^,,  whither  they  were 
wont  to  flee  in  time  of  danger.     These  places  of  refuge  were 
usually  houses  surrounded  by  a  strong  wall  of  stone  or  tim- 
ber, built  up  as  high  as  the  eaves,  with  a  gateway,  and  port- 
holes for  the  use  of  musketry. 

In  Groton  there  were  five  such  garrison-houses,  and  under 
then-  protection  many  a  sleepless,  anxious  night  was  passed 
by  the  inmates.  Four  of  these  houses  were  very  near  each 
other,  and  the  fifth  was  nearly  a  mile  away.  The  sites  of 
some  of  them  are  well  known.  One  was  Mr.  Willard's  house, 
which  stood  near  the  High  School;  another  was  Captain 
1  arker  s  hous'^.  which  stood  just  north  of  the  Town  Hall ;  and 
a  third  was  John  Nutting's  house,  on  the  other  side  of  James's 
Brook.  The  fourth  was  probably  north  of  John  Nuttin-'s 
but  perhaps  south  of  Mr.  Willard's.  There  is  a  tradition  thai 
one  stood  near  the  house  formerly  owned  and  occupied  by 
he  late  Kbcr  U  oods,  which  would  make  the  fifth  garrison- 
house  "  near  a  mile  distant  from  the  rest."     Richard  Sawtell 


E~SU.U-U!-41."U- 


ts*.-*^ 


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KING    PHILIPS   WAR. 


the  first  town-clerk,  \v;i.s  liviny  on  this  site  at  that  time,  and 
his  house  wovikl  have  been  a  convenient  rallyin>,^  point  for 
the  nei^hb(M-s.  lie  probably  was  the  Richard  Sawtell  who 
was  a  member  of  Major  Appleton's  company  in  this  War. 

It  is  recoriled  in  the  inventory  of  his  estate,  on  file  in  the 
Middlesex   rrt)bate  Olhcc  at  I'Last  Cambrid^^e,  that   Timothy 
Cooper,'  of  Groton,  was  "  Sleine  by  the  Indeins  the  Second 
day  of  march  1675-6."     Cooper  was  an  ICnj^lishman  by  birth, 
and  lived,  probably,  somewhere  between  the  i)resent  site  of 
the  Haptist  meetint;-house  and  the  beginninj,^  of  h'armers'  Row. 
It  is  not  known  that  there  was  other  loss  of  life  at  this  time, 
but  the  affair  was  serious  enouL;h  to  alarm  the  inhabitants. 
They  sought  refuge  immediately  in  the  garrison-houses,  as 
the  Indians  were   lurking  in  the  vicinity.     On  March  9  ^he 
savages   again   threatened  the  beleaguered  town,  and,  hy  a 
cunningly  contrived  ambush,  managed  to  entrap  four  men  at 
work,  of  whom  one  was  killed  and  one  captured,  while  the 
other  two  escaped.     This  second  assault  must  have  produced 
great  alarm  and  consternation  among  the  people  of  the  town. 
The  final  and  principal  attack,  however,  came  on  the    13th, 
when  the  enem>-  api)eared  in  full  body, —  thought  to  be  n()t 
less  than  four  hundred  in  number.      The   inhabitants  at  this 
time  all  were   gathered   into  the  several  garrison-houses  lor 
protection.      During  the  previous  night  the  savages  scattered 
throughout  the  neighborhood,  and  the  first  volley  of  shot  on 
the  morning  of  the  13th  was  the  signal  for  the  general  burning 
of  the  town ;   and  in  this  conflagration  the  first  meeting-house 
of  (iroton  was  destroyed,  together  with  about  forty  dwelling- 
liouses.     This  building,  erected  at  the  cost  of  many  and  great 
privations,  was  the  pride  of  the  inhabitants.    With  its  thatched 
roof  it  must  have  burned  quickly;   and  in  a  very  short  time 
nothing  was  left  but  a  heap  of  smoking  embers.     Although 

1  John  Co.ipcr,  of  Weston  Hull.  I'.ngland,  in  his  will,  written  November  ;:i, 
1654,' and  proved  the  next  vear,  mentions  his  "  brother  Timothy  Cooper  now  in 
New  Kngliind,"  with  children.  The  will  is  on  file  in  the  Registry  of  Probate, 
Lonilon. 


KING   J'J  II  LIP'S   WAR. 


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It  liad  never  been  formally  dedicated  to  reli-ious  worship,  it 
had   been  consecrated  in  spirit  to  the  service  of  (iod  by  the 
prayers  of  the  minister  and  the  devotion  of  the  con^n-egation. 
in  this  assault  John  Xiittin-'s  garrison  was  taken  by  strata- 
gem.     The   men  defending  it  had  been  drawn  out   by  twc; 
Indians,  apparently  alone,  when  the  savages  in  ambush  arose 
and   killed  one  of  the  men,  probably  John   Nutting  himself 
and  wounded  three  others.     y\t  the  same  time  the  garrison- 
house.  MOW  defenceless,  was  attacked  in  the  rear  and  the  pali- 
sades pulled  down,  allowing  the  enemy  to  take   possession. 
The  women  and  children,  comprising  those  of  five  families, 
escaped  to  Captain  Parker's  house,  situated  between  James'3 
Brook  and  the  Town  1  fall. 

There  is  a  tradition,  which  is  entitled  to  credence,  that 
John  Nutting  was  killed  while  defending  his  log-house  fort 
during  King  Philip's  War.  His  wife's  name  appears  a  few 
months  later  in  the  VVoburn  town-records  as  "  Widow  Nut- 
ting," which  is  confirmator>-  of  the  tradition. 


II. 

Several  printed  accounts  of  King  Philip's  War  appeared 
very  soon  after  it  was  ended,  and  these  furnish  nearly  all  that 
is  known  in  regard  to  it.  At  that  time  there  was  no  special 
correspondent  on  the  spot  to  get  the  news ;  and,  as  the  means 
for  communication  were  limited,  these  narrati\es  differ  some- 
what in  the  details,  but  they  agree  substantially  in  their  gen- 
eral statements. 

With  the  exception  of  Hubbard's  Narrati\'e,  the  contempo- 
rary accounts  of  this  assault  on  the  town  are  all  short;  and 
I  purpose  to  give  them,  in  the  words  of  the  writers,  for  what 
they  are  worth.  The  first  is  from  "A  Brief  History  of  the 
U  arr  with  the  Indians  in  Newe-England."  by  Increase  Mather, 


^rr^rtD-'."   '  "'ff:v^7"-rrt;:r.jjn8^S 


28 


KING    PHILIP'S   WAR. 


t   E 


published  in  the  year  1676.     This  account,  one  of  the  ear- 
Hest  in  print,  is  as  follows  :  — 

March  the  io//i.  Mischief  was  done,  and  several  lives  cut  off  by 
the  Indians  this  day,  at  Groton  and  at  Sudbury.  An  huiubling  Provi- 
dence, inasmuch  as  many  Churches  were  this  day  Fasting  and  Pray- 
ing.    (Page  23.) 

March  13.  The  Indians  assaulted  Groton,  and  left  but  few  houses 
standing.  So  that  this  day  also  another  Candlestick  was  removed  out 
of  its  place.  One  of  the  first  houses  that  the  Enemy  destroyed  in  this 
place,  was  the  House  of  God,  h.  e.  which  was  built,  and  set  apart  for  the 
celebration  of  the  publick.  Worship  of  God. 

When  they  had  done  that,  they  scoffed  and  blasphemed,  and  came 
to  Mr.  Willard  (the  worthy  Pastor  of  the  Church  there)  his  house 
(which  being  Fortified,  they  attempted  not  to  destroy  it)  and  taunt- 
ingly, said.  What  will  you  do  for  a  house  to  pray  in  now  loe  have 
burnt  your  Meeting-housed  Thus  hath  the  enemy  done  wickedly  in 
the  Sanctuary,  they  have  burnt  up  the  Synagogues  of  God  in  the 
Land ;  they  have  cast  fire  into  the  Sanctuary ;  they  have  cast  down 
the  dwelling  place  of  his  name  to  the  Ciround.  O  God,  how  long 
shall  the  Adversary  reproach  i  shall  the  Enemy  Blaspheme  thy  Name 
for  everi  why  withdrawcst  thou  thine  hand,  even  thy  right  handl 
pluck  it  out  of  thy  bosome.     (Page  24.) 

Several  accounts  of  the  war  appeared  in  London  in  1676, 
only  a  few  months  after  the  destruction  of  this  town.  They 
were  written  in  New  England,  and  sent  to  Old  England, 
where  they  were  at  once  published  in  thin  pamphlets.  The 
authors  of  them  are  now  unknown,  but  undoubtedly  they 
gathered  their  materials  from  hearsay.  At  that  time  Indian 
affairs  in  New  England  attracted  a  good  deal  of  attention  in 
the  mother  country.  One  of  these  pamphlets  is  entitled: 
"  A  True  Account  of  the  most  Considerable  Occurrences 
that  have  hapned  in  the  Warre  between  the  English  and  the 
Indians  in  New  England,  ...  as  it  hath  been  communicated 
by  Letters  to  a  Eriend  in  London."     This  narrative  says :  — 

On  the  13th  of  March,  before  our  Forces  could  return  towards  our 
Parts,  the  Indians  sent  a  strong  party,  and   assaulted  the  Town  of 


KING   PHILIP'S    WAR. 


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Growlon,  about  forty  miles  North-west  from  Boston,  and  burn'd  all 
the  deserted  Houses;  the  Garrison'd  Houses,  which  were  about  ter. 
all  escaped  but  one,  which  they  carryed,  but  not  the  EngUsh  in  it ' 
for  there  was  but  one  slain  and  two  wounded.     (Page  2.) 

Another  account,  entitled :   "  A  New  and  Further  Narra 
t.on  of  the  State  of  New  England,  being  a  continued  account 
of  the  Bloudy  Indian-war,"  gives  the  following  version :  — 

The  y^^ol  March  the  savage  Enemy  set  upon  a  Considerable 
lown  called  Groug/iton,  and  burnt  Major  Wilberds  House  first 
(who  with  his  family  removed  to  C/mrls  Town)  and  afterwards  de- 
stroyed sixty  Five  dwelling-houses  more  there,  leaving  but  six  houses 
standing  in  the  whole  Town,  which  they  likewise  furiously  attempted 
to  set  on  hre;  But  being  fortified  with  Arms  and  Men  as  Ciarisons 
they  with  their  shot,  killed  several  of  the  Enemy,  and  prevented  so 
much  of  their  designe ;  Nor  do  we  hear  that  any  person  on  our  side 
was  here  either  slam  or  taken  captive.     ( Page  4.) 

...y^r  ^'^^'!  k"''''''  ""  ''  '"'^'--   "^''^^^/^^'^  and  Nasha. 
^ay  all   ruined   but  one  house  or  two."     (Page   14  )     Few 

sidIr'.llfT''^^'';f/'^^"""^  '^''"'  ^'""'y  ^"'^^''-^  "^^-h'^  to  -  pon- 
derable Town  caled  Croaton  ^vherc  they  first  set  fire  to  Major  mV- 

lords  house  and  afterwards  burnt  65  more,  there  being  Seav  nty  two 
^^  ;p4'::r  -  '-'  -"^-  -^  ^-  ^--  or  the 

The  details  of  the  burning  of  the  town  are  found  in  "A 
Narrativ-e  of  the  Troubles  with  the  Indians  in  New  FnHand  " 

year  1677.  It  is  the  fullest  history  of  the  events  relatin-  to 
Groton  appearing  near  the  time;  and  very  likely  many  of  the 
facts  were  obtained  from  the  Reverend  Mr.  VVillard      The 


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account  is  not  as  clear  as  mij^ht  be  desired,  and  contains 
some  glaring  discrepancies.     It  is  as  follows :  — 

March  2.  They  assaulted  Groton  :  the  next  day  over  night  Major 
Wlllard  with  seventy  Horse  came  into  the  Town  ;  forty  Foot  also 
came  up  to  their  relief  from  Watcrtoion,  but  the  Indians  were  all  fled, 
having  first  burneil  all  the  Houses  in  the  Town,  save  four  that  were 
(larisoned,  the  Meeting-house  being  the  second  house  they  fired. 
Soon  after  Capt.  Sill  was  sent  with  a  small  Party  of  Dragoons  of  8 
Files  to  fetch  off  the  Inhabitants  of  Groton,  and  what  was  left  from 
the  spoyle  of  the  enemy,  having  under  his  conduct  about  sixty  Carts, 
being  in  depth  from  front  to  reer  above  two  mile  :  when  a  party  of 
Indians  lying  in  ambush,  at  a  place  of  eminent  advantage,  fired  upon 
the  front  and  mortally  wounded  two  of  the  vaunt  Carriers,  who  dyed 
both  the  next  night ;  and  might  (had  (lod  permitted)  have  done  emi- 
nent damage  to  the  whole  I5ody,  it  being  a  full  hour  before  the  whole 
Body  could  be  drawne  up,  which  was  done  with  care  and  Courage  : 
but  the  Indians  after  a  few  more  shot  made,  without  doing  harm, 
retired,  and  made  no  further  assault  upon  them,  being  the  same  Party 
of  Indians  which  the  day  before  had  burned  some  part  of  Chelms- 
ford. Soon  after  this  Village  was  deserted  and  destroyed  by  the 
enemy  :  yet  was  it  a  special  providence,  that  though  the  carts  were 
guarded  with  so  slender  a  Convoy,  yet  there  was  not  any  considerable 

loss  sustained. 

The  Surprizall  of  Groton  was  after  this  manner. 

On  March,  2.  The  Indians  came  in  the  night  and  rifled  eight  or  nine 
houses  and  carried  away  some  catde,  and  alarmed  the  Town. 

On  March,  9.  About  ten  in  the  morning  a  parcel  of  Indians  (having 
two  dayes  lurked  in  the  town,  and  taken  possession  of  three  out-houses 
and  feasted  themselves  with  corn,  divers  swine  and  poultry  which  they 
there  seized)  laid  an  ambush  for  two  Carts,  which  went  from  their 
garison  to  fetch  in  some  hay,  attended  with  four  men,  two  of  which, 
espying  the  enemy,  made  a  difficult  escape,  the  other  two  were  set 
upon,  and  one  of  them  slain,  stript  naked,  his  body  mangled,  and 
dragged  into  the  high-way.  and  laid  on  his  back  in  a  most  shamefuU 
manner :  the  other  taken  Captive  ;  and  after  sentenced  to  death,  but 
the  enemy  not  concuring  in  the  manner  of  it,  execution  was  deferred, 
and  he  by  the  providence  of  God  esca[)ed  by  a  bold  attempt  the 


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night  before  he  was  designed  to  slaughter,  and  fled  to  the  (Jarison  at 
Lancaster,  the  cattle  in  both  towns  wounded,  and  five  of  them  slain 
outright. 

Marc/i,  13.  ^Vas  the  day  when  the  enemy  came  in  a  full  body  by 
their  own  account  400.  and  thought  by  the  Inhabitants  to  be  'not 
many  fewer.  The  town  was  at  this  time  (having  been  jjut  into  a 
fright  by  the  sad  Catastrophe  of  Lancaster  the  next  bordering  town) 
gathered  into  five  C.arisons.  four  of  which  were  so  near  together,  as  to 
be  able  to  command  from  one  to  the  other,  between  which  were  the 
cattle  belonging  to  those  I'amilies  driven  into  pastures,  which  afterward 
proved  their  preservation  ;  the  other  was  near  a  mile  tlistant  from  the 
rest. 

This  morning  the  Jndnms  (having  in  the  night  placed  themselves 
in  several  parts  of  the  town)  made  their  Onset ;  which  began  near  the 
four  (Hansons  ;  for  a  body  of  them  having  placed  themselves  in   Am- 
buscado,  l)eh,nd  a  hill,  near  one  of  the  Garisons,  two  of  them  made 
discovery  of  themselves,  as  if  they  had  stood  upon  discovery.     At  this 
time  divers  of  the  people,  nothing  suspecting  any  such  matter,  (for 
the  day  before,  many  had  been  upon  discovery  many  miles,  and  found 
no  signs  of  an  Enemy  being  so  near)  were  attending  their  occasions, 
some  foddering  their  cattle,  some  milking  their  Cows,  of  whom  the 
Knemy  miglit  easily  have  made  a  seizure,  but  God  prevented  •   they 
having  another  design  in  hand,  as  soon  after  appeared  :  '1-hese  two 
Indians  vvere  at  length  espyed,  and  the  Alarm  given  ;  whereupon  the 
most  of  the  men  in  the  next  Garison,  an.l  some  also  of  the  second 
(which  was  about  eight  or  nine  i)ole  distant)  drew  out  and  went  to 
surprise  these  two  Indians,  who  kept  their  station  till  our  men  reached 
the  brow  of  the  hill,  then  arose  the  ambush  and  discharged  a  volley 
upon  them,  which  caused  a  disorderly  retreat,  or  rather  a  rout    in 
which  one  was  slain,  and  three  others  wounded  :  mean  while  another 
ambush  had  risen,  and  come  upon  the  back  side  of  the  (larison  so 
deserted  of  men,  and  pulled  down  the  I'alizadoes  :  The  Souldiery  in 
this  rout,  retreated  not  to  their  own,  but  passed  by  to  the  next  (Pri- 
son, the  women  and  children  meanwhile  exposed  to  hazard,  but  by 
the  goodness  of  God  made  a  safe  escape  to  the  other  fortified  house 
without  any  harm,  leaving  their  substance  to  the  enemy,  who  made  a 
prey  of  it  and  spent  the  residue  of  the  day  in  removing  the  corn  and 
household-stuff  (m  which  loss  five  Familyes  were  impoverished)  and 


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firingupon  the  other  (kirison  :  here  also  they  took  some  Cattle.  No 
sooner  was  the  signal  given  by  the  first  volley  of  shot,  but  immediately 
in  several  parts  of  the  town  at  once,  did  the  smoakes  arise,  they  firing 
the  houses. 

In  the  afternoon  they  used  a  stratagem  not  unlike  the  other,  to 
have  surprised  the  single  (larison,  but  (lod  prevented.  An  oUl  Indian 
if  an  Indian  passed  along  the  street  with  a  black  sheep  on  his  back, 
with  a  slow  pace,  as  one  decrepit :  'I'hey  made  several  shot  at  him,  but 
missed  him,  at  which  several  issued  out  to  have  taken  him  alive,  but 
the  Watchman,  seasonably  espying  an  ambush  behind  the  house,  gave 
the  signal,  whereby  they  were  jircented. 

'I'he  night  following  the  enemy  lodged  in  the  town,  some  of  them 
in  the  darison  they  had  surprized,  but  the  Body  of  them  in  an  adja- 
cent valley,  where  they  made  themselves  merry  after  their  savage  man- 
ner. The  next  morning  they  gave  two  or  three  Volleyes  at  Capt. 
Parkers  C.arison,  <S.'  so  marched  off,  fearing  as  was  thought  that  supply 
might  l)e  nigh  at  hand.  'I'his  assault  of  theirs  was  managed  with  their 
wonted  subtlety,  and  barberous  cruelty  :  for  they  stript  the  body  of 
him  whom  they  had  slain  in  the  first  onset,  and  then  cutting  off  his 
head,  fixed  it  upon  a  ]M)le  looking  towards  his  own  land.  The  corpse 
of  the  man  slain  the  week  before,  they  dug  up  out  of  his  grave,  they 
cut  off  his  head  and  one  leg,  and  set  them  upon  poles,  and  stript  off 
his  winding-sheet.  A  infant  which  they  found  dead  in  the  house  first 
surprised,  they  cut  in  pieces,  which  afterward  they  cast  to  the  swine. 
There  were  about  forty  dwelling  houses  l)urnt  at  that  time,  besides 
other  buildings.  This  desolation  was  followed  with  the  breaking  up  of 
the  town,  and  scattering  of  the  Inhabitants,  and  removal  of  the  Candle- 
stick, after  it  had  been  there  seated  about  twelve  years. 

Concerning  the  surprizing  of  Groton,  March  \  3.  There  was  not 
anything  much  more  material,  then  what  is  already  mentioned,  save 
only  the  insolency  of  John  Monaco  or  one  eyed  John,  the  chief  Cap- 
tain of  the  Indians  in  that  design  :  who  having  by  a  sudden  surprizal 
early  in  the  morning  seized  upon  a  Carlson  house  in  one  end  of  the 
Town,  continued  in  it,  ]ilundering  what  was  there  ready  at  hand,  all 
that  day ;  and  at  night  did  very  familiarly  in  appearance,  call  out  to 
Capt.  Parker  that  was  lodged  in  another  Carison  house,  and  enter- 
tained a  great  deal  of  Discourse  with  him,  whom  he  called  his  old 
Neighbour :  dilating  upon  the  cause  of  the  War,  and  putting  an  end 


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to  it  hy  II  friendly  peace  :  yet  oft  mixing  Ijitter  Siircasmes,  with  several 
lilMspliemous  scoffs  and  taunts  at  their  praying  and  vvorshipi)ing  God 
in  the  meeting  house,  wliicli  he  deri(hngly  said  he  had  burned.    Among 
other  things  which  he  boastingly  uttered  that  night:  he  said  he  burnt 
Afo/yicM  (though  it  be  not  known   whither  lie  was  there  personally 
present  or  no)  Lancaster,  and  that  now  he  would  burn  that  Town  of 
Grotou,   and    the   next   time    he  would   burn   Chelmsford,    Coiieon/, 
IViUerUmm,  Cambridge,  Charlstown,  Roxbury,  Boston,  adding  at  last 
in  their  Dialect,  What  Me  will,  Mc  do :  not  much  unlike  the  proud 
Assyrian    (if   his   power  had    been    equal  to    his    pride)    sometime 
threatned  against  ycrusalem,  but  was  by  the  remarkable  providence 
of  (lod,  so  confoimded  within  a  few  months  after,  that  he  was  bereft 
of  his  four  hundred  and  fourscore  (of  which  he  now  ])oasted)   and 
only  will)  a  few  more  IJragadozio's  like  himself,  Sasamorc  Sam,  old 
Jcthro,  and   the  Sagamore  of  Qnobaog  were  taken  by  the  English, 
and  was  seen  (not  long  liefore  the  writing  of  this)   marching  towards 
the  (fallows  (through  Boston  Streets,  which  he  threatned  to  burn  at 
his  ])leasure)    with  an    Halter   about  his  neck,   with  which  he  was 
hanged  at  the  Towns  end,  September  26.  in  this  present  year  1676. 
So  let  thine  Enemies  perish  O  Lord,  and  such  contempt  be  poured  on 
all  them  that  open  their  mouthes  to  blaspheme  thy  holy  Name. 

Things  looked  with  a  pritty  sad  foce  about  those  parts  at  this  time; 
yet  though  the  Righteous  fall  seven  times,  let  not  their  Enemies  rejovee, 
for  the  Righteous  shall  rise  again,  but  their  tmcked  Enemies  shall  fall 
into  mischief  and  rise  no  more.  It  was  ebbing  water  with  New- 
England  at  this  time,  and  a  while  after ;  but  God  shall  turn  the 
stream  before  it  be  long,  and  bring  down  their  Enemies  to  lick  the 
dust  before  them. 

After  this  April  1 7.  Captain  Sill,  being  appointed  to  keep  Garison 
at  Groton,  some  Imlians  coming  to  hunt  for  Swine,  three  Indians  drew 
near  the  (iarison  house,  supposing  it  to  ha\'e  been  deserted,  were 
two  of  them  slain  by  one  single  shot  made  by  the  Captains  own 
hands,  and  the  third  by  another  shot  made  from  the  Garison.  (Paees 
72-76.)  ^     ^ 


The  following  paragraph  is  taken  from  "A  Tabic"  in 
Hubbard's  Narrative,  and  is  found  on  the  fourth  page  after 
page  132. 


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Groton,  surprized  March  2.  as  is  related  /(/^'.  60.  »S:  61.  [72-76?] 
the  place  consisting  of  about  60.  families,  was  soon  after  deserted,  yet 
are  tliere  14.  or  15.  Iiouses  left  standing  to  this  day,  though  not  inhab- 
ited for  the  present,  /(/.i,''-  73- 

I  am  inclined  t(i  think  that  the  first  paragra{)h  in  this 
account  was  written  soon  after  the  occurrence  of  the  events, 
before  the  details  were  fully  known,  and  that  the  remainder  of 
the  narrative  was  made  up  from  more  trustworthy  sources. 
All  after  the  second  paragraph,  beginning  with  "  The  Sur- 
prizall  of  GrotonT  is  presumably  accurate,  and  may  have  been 
written  out  after  conference  with  persons  knowing  the  facts. 
I^  t  any  rate,  the  first  paragraph  is  very  confusing,  and  it  is 
impossible  now  to  explain  the  inconsistencies. 

Mr.  Butler,  in  his  "  History  of  Groton,"  has  endeavored  to 
reconcile  them.     I  Ic  says :  — 

In  order  to  make  this  narrative  consistent  with  itself,  as  to  time  and 
a  regular  succession  of  events,  as  they  happenetl,  conjecture  and 
explanations  are  necessary. 

It  seems  there  were  three  attacks  upon  Groton,  one  on  the  second 
of  March,  one  on  the  ninth,  and  the  third  and  ]irincipal  one  on  the 
thirteenth.  On  the  second  of  March  they  rilled  houses,  carried  away 
cattle,  &c. ;  on  the  ninth,  feasted  on  swine,  poultry,  <!v:c.  killed  one 
man,  and  made  another  captive,  who  afterwards  escaped  to  Lancas- 
ter; and  on  the  thirteenth  they  burnt  the  town,  killed  one  man,  and 
wounded  three.  After  this,  the  inhabitants  moved  to  Concord.  The 
words  in  the  first  paragraph,  under  date  of  March  second,  "  the  next 
diiy  o-'cr  tiii^hf,'"  are  evidendy  a  misprint.  Major  AVillard,  with  seventy 
horse,  and  forty  foot  from  Watertown,  could  not  have  come  to  the 
relief  of  the  town  upon  such  short  notice.  Besides,  it  is  said,  "  the 
Indians  hail  all  fled,  having  burnt  all  the  houses  in  town,  except  four 
garrisons."  Now  this  did  not  hajipen  till  the  thirteenth.  Sup])ose  we 
read  instead  of  "  ?ie\t  day  (wcr  night''  next  day  fortnight ;  then 
would  Major  Willard  have  come  on  the  seventeenth,  when,  to  be 
sure,  the  Indians  had  all  fled.  The  first  parngra])h  gives  only  the 
general  result  of  the  jn-incijial  attack,  and  the  particulars  of  the  removal 
of  the  inhabitants.     Then,  in  the  second  paragrai)h,  the  author  gives 


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the  account  of  the  lirst  attack,  and  in  the  third  paragraph  under  date 
of  March,,  the  particulars  of  the  second  attack;   d  J  L  ,'  t 

Ins  paragraph  scenes  to  have  no  connection  with  the  rest.     Tl,en  fo 
low  t  c  pamcadars  of  the  thinl  attack,  on  the  thirteenth,  a       the 
departure  ot  the  enemy  on  the  fourteenth      Tlic  "  nlw-..  .f 

..IMh.  ,„l,al,,u,,,,s  ,„„l,.r  Captain  Sill,  is  ,ai,l  .„  b.  .,,„  ,,,1,:^ 

The  ambush,  n.cntiuncci  by  Hubbard,  --•■  Ambuscad,,,"  a, 
he  calls  ,.,  lay  protably  back  of  ,he  hill  behind  Governor 
Houtwell  s  house,  and  ,t  was  „„  the  hill  that  the  two  Indians 
were  d.seovere.l.  1  he  valley  where  the  savages  n.ade  then- 
selves  nrerry  on  the  ni,l,t  after  the  assault  n,ay  have  been 
easterly  of  the  cemetery. 

The  Indians  were  a  cowardly  set.  and  never  attacked  in 
oi)cn  held.        hey  never  char-^ed  on  works  in  regular  coh.mn. 
but  depended  rather  on  craft  or  cunning  to  defeat  their  adver- 
sary.    The  red  /.ell/nuauis-:,,  they  were  somethi.es  called 
by  our  ptous  forefathers  -  were  always  ready  to  attack  women 
and  chddren.  but  afraid  to  meet  men.     The  main  body  of  the 
-savages  passed   the  night  following  the   final  attack   in  "  an 
adjacent  valley,-  which  cannot  now  be  easily  identified,  but 
some  of  them  lodged  in  the  garrison-house  which  they  had 
aken  ;   anc   the  next  morning,  after  firing  two  or  three  volleys 
at  Captaui  Parker's  house.  the>-  departed.     They  carried  off  a 
prisoner. -John  M<,rse.  the  town-clerk.- who  was  ransomed 
a  short  ttme  afterward.     The  following  reference  to  him  in  an 
ndated   letter  written  by  the   Reverend  Tlu>n,as  Cobbet  to 
he  Reverend  Increase  Mather,  shows  very  nearly  the  time  of 
Ills  release  :  — 

May  r  r3th  [r676]  Good  wife  Diucns  [Divoll]  and  Good  wife 
Kctlc  vpon  ransom  pai<l,  came  into  concord.  .S:  vpon  like  ransom 
presently  [ajfter  John  Moss  of  Groton  ..  lieftenant  cLlors  [M  ^ 
Daughter  of  Lancaster  were  set  at  liberty  .S:  9  n.ore  w'out  ransom.     ^ 
^   ^t_Mather  Manuscripts  i„  the  Prince  Collection,  at  the  I5oston  Public  Library, 


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The  ransom  for  Jolin  Morse  was  paid  by  John  I  liibbarcl,  of 
Boston,  and  amounted  to  "about  five  pounds."  Morse's 
petition  to  the  council,  to  have  Hubbard  reimbursed,  is  as 
follows :  — 

2b  the  Hon(f'  Council  convcencd  at  Jioston  An,!;'  if'  1676. 
The  lumihlc  I'cliliun  of  John  Morse 

SlicwL'lh.  'rh;it  yo' petition'  being  an  Inhabitant  of  Ciroton  ;  hall\ 
to^^ctlKT  (willi  many  others)  been  deprived  of  his  Kstate  by  the 
calamily  of  tlie  warr ;  and  hini.selfe  carried  away  captive  by  the 
Mnemy  ;  and  about  five  pounds  in  niony  laide  down  by  M'  John 
Hubbard  of  boston  for  his  ransonie,  and  understanding  that  there 
hath  been  some  Stock  raised  by  a  ( oiUribution  towards  the  ransoming 
of  the  captives.  Yo'  petition'  doth  himibly  pray  that  hec  may  bee  con- 
sidered in  the  distrilnition  of  the  s'  Stock,  and  that  M'  Hubbard  may 
be  reimbursed  thereout ;  hee  iiaving  not  of  his  own  wherewith  to  pay 
him.  .nnd  yt)'  petitionr'  shall  for  ever  thankfully  acknowledge  yo' 
Hono':  ffavo'  therein  and  for  ever  prayer. 

This  petition  is  Granted  17  August  1676  : 

per  Consiliu  :     E  R  S. 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXIX.  48.) 

A  few  days  passed  after  the  final  assault  on  the  town 
before  it  was  abandoned  alto<,rether  by  the  settlers.  Hub- 
bard says  that  when  the  inhabitants,  under  convoy  of  some 
drai^oons,  left  the  place,  they  were  attacked  by  a  small  party 
of  Indians  who  the  day  before  had  burned  a  part  of  Chelms- 
ford. The  date  of  the  affair  at  Chelmsford  was,  according  to 
Hubbard's  Narrative  (page  83,  verso),  about  March  18,  and 
this  fact  helps  to  fix  the  time  when  the  town  was  abandoned ; 
althcugh  in  another  place,  in  "  A  Table  "  on  the  fifth  un- 
numbered page  after  page  132,  he  says  that  it  occurred  in 
the  beginning  of  April.  A  garrison,  however,  was  still  main- 
tained here  for  some  weeks  later,  under  command  of  Captain 
Joseph  Sill,  of  Cambridge;  and  from  it  three  Indians  were 
killed  on  April    17,  — two  of  them  by  a  single  shot  made  by 


KINC;    I'HIL11"S    WAR. 


37 


the  Captain  himself,  and  the  third  by  one  of  his  men.  Soon 
a  tcruarc  .t  was  t,Mvcn  up  as  a  nnlitary  post.  The  following, 
orders  rehite  to  supplyin^r  it  with  ammunition  :  — 

It  is  ordered  that  twelve  pound  of  po„<lcr  w-  shot  answerable  be 
ehvered  to  the  conuttee  of  Abliiia  of  Cbdmsford  for  so  much  le  t    y 
them  out  of  their  storo  to  Captain  Sill  at  (Jroton  ^ 

And  It  is  further  ordered  that  the  Comisarys  M' Jn- faireweather 
cV.  Convey  oucr  to  y  Constable  .harlstown  half  a  i,arrel!  of  p^,  .le' 
^  propoyfonable  shott  .  be  dcliuercd  to  the  persons  Appointe.  to 
Carry  the  same,  to  Capt  Scyll  at  Croaten  :  together  w'"  tw  Ive  o  m  ^ 
o  powde'  w...  shott  Answerable  to  be  Conveyd  ..  dehV"  to  r  C        t  c 

cZ^:!:^: '''''''  "^^  ^  ""^'  '^"^  "^  ^^^"^  ^^  ^«i^'  ^^^  ^^^^ 

22Apnll.676  I'ast  Euw  RAWSO.V  Secrety 


To  the  Constables  ,/  Churls  Tonne. 
These  Require  you  in  his  Mai-  name  forthwith  on  sight  heereof  to 
lnM.resse  two  able  men  C:ompleately  AruK-.l  w-  fower  iZ    ro    s" L 
and  two  very  substantiall  horses  bridles  .V  sadles  .V  well  Zd  fo  r 

%  y"  Council 

Edw"  Rawson  Secrety 
Deacon  I'^lliot. 
you  are  or.lt.red  to  deli„or  two  of  the  Coimtry  horses  y  l,e„  „„, 

By  y^  Council  Edw  Rawson  Secrety 

M,:rtZht-:?:r';  ':r  -™ ''--'  •»  ^'  '^°"-"^-  -^ 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXVIII.  221.]  E  R  S 


3« 


KIN(;    I'lIlLirs    WAR 


The  fc)llo\vi)i|4  prlilioii  ami  clcpositioiis  air  (omul  aiUDiii;  the 


Shalluck    Maiui.scii])ts,    and    rrl'rr   lo    lliis    period. 
Woods  was  v\li(.\,  tlu'  wile  of  S.miiK'l  W Oods. 


Al 


sc 


To  the  h'ii^/if  //<;//< ''/'/(•  ///<•  C/V?''  d/ii/  Coiiiiu'll  sittiih^  i/i  /iosfoii 

'I'lic  iVlition  o\  Daiiiell  Addams  Ilmnl)ly  shewelli  that  yo'  IVtitioii' 
went  out  as  a  volimtear  :  iii)oii  tlu-  scout  :  Iroin  Couconl  in  couiiiany 
with  some  of  ('oiiconi  and  SOUK'  ol'  Liuicastcr  :  and  tiu-y  couieiiii;  to 
(liauton  vo'  pi'litioiu'  tiuMi'  killed  an  Indian  :  and  hath  rec'd  no  waives 
iVoni  the  C'ountry  tor  any  serviec  that  he  hath  done  :  notwithstanding 
he  hath  heene  out  ujion  the  same  acd)'  several!  limes  both  the  Last 
sunier  and  tiie  Last  winter  and  is  now  goeing  out  againe  under  the 
C'oniand  ol    1  .eill  C  'uitis  : 

No'  I'elitione'  tnereloiv  humhly  reijuests  th.e  favo'  of  your  Honors 
to  ronsider  the  jtrenuses  and  to  grant  him  an  order  to  tiie  'i'reasuri'' 
lor  his  satisfaction  according  as  the  Law  allows  in  thai  ease  so  shall 
he  he  ever  engaged  lo  pray  \c 


D.wiKi.i,  Audams 


I  iMultusti 


The  iVtition  of  naniell  Addams  2\  Aprill  1676 

Att  (Iroton  the  i.ph  of  march  1676  thire  was  i>aniei!  Adams  whoe 
was  nary  helpefull  to  the  towne  of  groton  with  som  others  of  Lankstar 
and  the  said  Daniell  adams  did  kill  one  Indan  att  M'  Willards  garason 

A\'itness  John  ("advk, 
and  Sanuii.  Wons 

we  whoe  see  him  fall  to  the  graund  and  not  Rise  againe 

As  witness  NuKeoi.Ass  Cadvk 

vSamuell  Woodes  o{  llrotten  aged  ahoute  forty  yers  of  ;ige  witnis 
that  he  saw  tooe  indens  standing  ujion  ("aptine  parkers  Land  al 
grotten  and  danill  adams  shote  ai  iham  and  one  of  than\e  I'alle  doune 
and  the  other  ran  away 

I  7  :   dav  of  2  :   month  :    id 76  : 

the  mark    1    o{  Samii;i,i,  Woonivs 

Also  Woeds  aged  al)onl  forty  yeares  lestifielh  iV  saith  ;  that  at 
(irooton  ui)on  the  day  that  the  moslc  of  the  'I'owne  was  burnt  by  the 


J 


KINC;    I'llll.ll's    WAR 


39 


oiii;  the 
"  Alsc  " 


n.Mus:    she   iK-anI  sevcrall  say  that   Danicll  A.la.ns  had  killed  an 
-   -  ;  and  she  went  vp  presculy  in,,,  M^  Wiibrds  (iarritt  ^:  saw  tw 
In<l.ans  stand  over  a  dead    Indu.n  al.out  iuUfe  an  hour  ..  th       th  v 
earned  hini  away  \-  further  saith  not  ^ 

'I'iH-  mark  ()  „f  Alsk  Woods 

The  sprin.v  of  ,676  was  a  critical   season  for  the  frontier 
owns  of  Massachnsetts.      Durin,  the  war  s,>n.c  of  then,  hac 
Ice.    destroyed,  others  threatened,  and  all  had  been  ahu-n,ed. 
A   p-oposmon  was  bronKiit  before  the  Conncil  for  the  better 
I>n.t.etion  of  the  touns  in  Middlesex  Connty,  and  referred  to 
a  special  connn.ttee.      It  will  be  noticed  that  the  order  of  the 
C-Otuial  was   dated   two   days    after  the  burnin^^   of  Grot.M, 
tiu.ugh   tt  was  probably  under  consideration  before  the  de- 
strt.cfon  of  the  town;    bnt  the  report  tnade  by  the  conunittee 
was  wr.tton  a  fortnight  later.     The  i)artienlars  of  this  propo- 
sition are  not  now  known;    but  they  can   be  learned   i.;feren- 
lially  from  the  report,  which  is  as  f(,llo\vs  :  — 

Cambridge  2,S  i'"  1676 
In  Ohe.lianee  to  an  order  of  the  lion^'  Coun.H,  march  is'"  x6r"  ■ 
npiH.int.n.g  us  whose  names  are  vnder  writtin,  as  a  comiltee  to  consult 
>"  seuirall  townes  ofy  Clounty  of  middlesex,  with  refn-enee  to  y^'  l,esl 
meanes  ol  the  presentation  of  our  outtowues  remote  ho.ises  an.l 
annes,  for  tlieir  planting  and  security  from  f  common  enemie.  We 
luuemo  sent  to  y  seuerall  towties  to  send  us  their  apprehenti,)ns  l,y 
some  one  mete  person  of  each  towne,  This  day  wee  <(,nsulted  con- 
•onung  y  same,  and  haue  <-on<lude(l  to  ],ropose  as  followelh  : 

>  •■  'I'liat  y"  townes  of  Sudbury,  Concord  an.l  Chelmsford  be 
strengthened  with  lortv  men  a  pei.e,  whicii  sd  men  are  to  be  im- 
I'roued  m  s,„ulmg  betwen  towne  an.l  towne,  wh..  are  to  be  .-oman.Ie.l 
"y  men  .,t  pru.Ien.e.  courage  an.l  interest  in  v'  s.l  townes  and  y^' 
P-"tys  „,  ea.i,  towne  are  to  he  or.lere.l  to  keepe  t..gether  in  some 
Pla.c  com.Khous  in  y  s.l  t.,wnes,  an.l  not  in  garison  houses  :  an.l  these 
men  t.)  bee  vpon  y  ,owne  charge  of  y^'  country. 

2.  That  for  y  security  of  PiUerica  there  l.e'a  garis.,n  of  a  luimhcr 
competent  at  Weymessitt  win,  may  raise  a  th.)usand  bushells  of  corne 


MMNH 


ammgimm 


40 


KING   PHILIP'S   WAR. 


vpon  y''  land  of  y"  indians  in  that  place  may  be  improued  dayly  in 
scouting  and  ranging  y"  woods  betwen  Weymissitt  &:  andeuor  and  on 
y'^  west  of  concord  river  on  y"-'  east  &  north  of  Chelmsford,  which 
will  disconer  y*"  enemic  before  hee  comes  to  y"  townes,  and  preuent 
lurking  indians  about  our  townes.  Also  they  shalbee  in  a  readyness 
to  y"^^  succour  of  any  of  the  three  townes  at  any  time  when  in  distress, 
Also  shall  be  ready  to  joyne  with  others,  to  follow  y'-'  enemie,  vpon  a 
suddin  after  their  appearing. 

3  That  such  townes  as  lankester,  groaton  &  marll)ourough  that  are 
forced  to  remoue  :  and  haue  not  some  aduantage  of  settlement  (pecu- 
liar) in  y'-  bay,  be  ordered  to  settle  at  y*"  frontire  townes  that  remain  for 
their  strengthening :  and  y'-'  people  of  y"  said  townes  to  which  they 
are  appointed,  are  to  see  to  their  accomodations,  in  y"^^  sd  townes. 

4  :  That  y-  said  townes  haue  their  owne  men  returned,  that  are 
abroad,  and  their  men  freeil  from  impress,  duiing  their  present  state. 

5  :  That  there  l)e  appointed  a  select  number  of  persons  in  each 
towne  of  midlesex  who  are  vpon  any  information  of  the  distress  of 
any  towne,  forthwith  to  repaire  to  the  releife  thereof  and  y'  such  in- 
formation may  be  seasonable,  the  townes  are  to  dispatch  posts,  each 
towne  to  y''  next,  till  notice  be  conueyed  ouer  y*-'  wholl  County,  if 
need  bee. 

And  in  reference  to  y*^  line  of  stockadoes  or  stone  worke,  proposed 
to  o'  serious  Consideration,  after  our  best  aduice  \  pon  it,  it  is  con- 
ceived by  our  selues  and  l)y  all  y''  psons  sent  by  y"^^  seuerall  townes. 
That  it  is  not  aduisable,  for  y"  Reasons  following 

1.  The  excessiue  charge  to  effect  it,  maintaine  and  keepe  it,  the 
line  being  concciued  by  those  that  know  it  best,  to  be  longer  than  is 
proposed,  neither  can  seuerall  ])onds  k\\\  in  \  said  line,  vnless  it  be 
run  so  crooked  that  it  wilbee  more  disaduantage  than  ]:)rofit. 

2.  The  length  of  time  before  it  can  be  accomjilished,  in  which  time 
it  is  to  be  feared  that  many  of  y^'  townes  included,  wilbee  depo]julated, 
vnless  other  meanes  preuent. 

3  the  damage  it  wilbe  in  taking  off  labourers,  which  in  this  season 
of  y''  year  had  need  be  improued  in  sowing  and  planting,  Help  in 
many  places  being  uery  scarce, 

idt :  y*"  vselesness  of  it  when  it  is  done,  it  being  so  easy  a  matter  to 
break  thro'  it,  anil  y*^^  Riucrs  which  are  to  fence  a  great  part  of  these 
townes  are  fordable,  in  seuerall  places,  and  in  all  other  places  passable 


KING   PHILIP'S   WAR. 


41 


by  rafts  6:c.  wh.ch  ,s  much  in  vse  with  y^  indians  at  this  day.  we  might 
add  r  great  discontent  and  murmuring  of  y^'  people  in  generall  so 
*arr  as  wee  haue  had  opportunity  to  discourse  concerning  it.  Thl' 
wee  fear  r  „,.posing  of  such  a  thing,  woukl  effect  an  ill  consequence 
Ihesethmgs  considered  besids  seuerall  other  reasons  of  weigu  thai 
n.ght  be  added  cause  us  to  present  our  apprehentions  as  in  r  first 

b  Tairw,^,    H    'm  '^  '7'''  °'  '^'  ""^  ''  ''''  ^""^  '^  -^  -^-^- 
but  all  with  Humbles  submission  to  yo^  Hon^  in  y"  case. 

Yo'  Humble  Seru"'* 

Hugh  Mason 
Jonathan  Danforth 
Richard  Lowden 

lEndorsedJ 

Returne  of  Midd.  coiTiittee.     28.  i.  1676. 

[Shattuck  Manuscripts  ] 

There  was   another   proposition   at   this   time   before  the 
Council,  somewhat  wider  in  its  scope  and  later  by  a  few  days 
in  Its  date,  which  may  have  been  akin  to  the  one  just  men- 
.tioned  and  considered  by  this  committee,  although  it  relates 
•n  no  way  to  Groton.     It  was  proposed  to  build  a  stockade  or 
stone  wall,  eight  feet  high,  from  the  Charles  River  to  the 
Concord,  -  a  distance  of  twelve  miles,  more  or  less, -as  a 
defence  against  the  Indians.     This  line,  in  connection  with 
he  Coticord  and  the  Merrimack  Rivers,  it  was  thought,  would 
form  a  barrier  against  the  savages,  and  protect  all  the  towns 
lying  within  the  district.     This  complicated  system  of  defence 
was  favored  by  the  Council,  and  deemed  sufficiently  feasible 
o  be  referred  to  a  board  of  twenty  commissioners,  appointed 
respectively  by  the  towns  most  interested  in  the  matter      The 
document  giving  the  details  of  the  affair  is  as  follows  :- 

^f  a  Coumill  held  in  Boston  23  Mrch   167^ 
Wheras  seueral  considerable  psons,  haue  made  aplication  to  vs  and 
proposed  It  as  a  very  nescesary  expedient  for  the  publike  welfare  and 
par  iculerly  for  the  security  of  the  whole  county  of  Essex  &      g  e 
part  of  Midlesex  from  inroads  of  the  comon  enmy,  That  a  line  o 


h 


<"1 


c...^^      j:jaeajiLLi-i!mMi»^.^..„i»»..-^ 


42 


KING    PHILIP'S    WAR. 


fence  of  stockadocs  or  stones  (as  tlic  iiiattcr  best  siitctli)  to  be  made 
about  eij^ht  foot  high;  e.\tenede[n]g  from  Cliailes  Riuer,  where  it  is 
nauigable,  vnto  Concord  riuer  not  far  from  Georg  farley  house,  (lining 
in  IJillerkey.)  which  fence  (as  v  Council!  is  informed)  is  not  in  length 
aboue  twehie  miles  ;  a  gooil  part  wherof  is  allready  don  by  large 
ponds,  that  wil  conueniently  fal  in  the  line,  (.^  v])on  this  fence  seuerit 
inhabitants  belonging  to  watertown  Cambridge  Wooburne  (S:  Bilerekey, 
are  all  ready  seated  ;  (as  is  iudged  al)out  halfe  the  distance),  And 
vpon  Merrimack  riuer  on  the  west  side  are  planted  the  townes  of 
Andeuer,  ^Vamesit  Bradford  i\:  Newbury,  vnto  tlie  Sea,  (.\:  vi)on  Charles 
riuer  are  planted  part  of  Waterton  C:aml)ridge  &  Charles  town  vnto 
the  bay ;  by  which  meanes  that  whole  tract  wilbe  enuironed.  for  die 
security  iS:  safty  (vnder  C.od)  of  tlie  jjcople,  their  houses  goods  and 
cattel ;  from  the  rage  ^  fury  of  the  enimy 

J'or  the  prosecuting  this  proposal!,  to  effect,  (wluch  tlie  Council 
appliend  is  of  C.reat  concernement.) 

It  is  ordered  that  the  Seueral  townes  that  fall  within  this  tract 
aboue  mentioned  ;  vizt  Salem,  Charles  town,  Cambridge  Watertowne, 
Ipswich,  Newbery,  Rowly.  Linne,  Antleuer,  'loi)sfield,  Reding,  Woo- 
burne, Maldon,  Billerekey,  Gloster,  Beuerly,  Wenham  Manchester 
llradford  &  Meadford  ;  doe  each  of  them  choose  one  able  (S:  fitt  man 
as  their  commissioner  wch  comisioners  are  all  ordered  to  meet  at 
(\imbridge  vi)on  the  last  day  of  March  at  8  of  the  clock  in  the  morn- 
ing and  from  thence  pceed  (takeing  such  guides  &  helpes  as  are 
nesciary  and  take  an  exact  suruay  of  the  ])lace  proposed  for  this  line 
and  to  offer  vnto  the  CounceJ  in  writing  an  expedient  how  the  same 
may  bee  jirosecuted  iS:  effected  ^:  what  proportion  wil  fill  vnto  euery 
towne  included  w'hin  the  same  (wherin  respect  is  to  bee ;  had  to  the 
(juality  of  Estates  ^:  number  of  the  inhabitants,  within  the  said  townes, 
iS:  also  to  propose  wais  i\:  niethoods  how  the  said  line  or  fence  shalbe 
made,  maintened  c*t  defended  ;  for  the  Ends  intended.  And  that  the 
Returne  to  [be]  made  to  the  C^ounsel  as  soone  as  may  bee 

And  the  Council  doe  further  declare  ^:  jiromise  that  they  are  iV 
wilbe  ready  at  all  times  to  ])romote  iV  incorage  this  Affayre,  and  to 
make  such  further  orders  iS:  giue  such  other  directions  as  may  best 
conduce  to  the  effectuall  ]irosecution  and  finishing  the  said  worke  : 
puided  all  wais  ^:  it  is  herby  intended  y'  alt  charges  respecting  this 
affayre  bee  defrayed,  by  the  inhabitants  included  within  this  line  ac- 


KING   I'HILIP'S    WAR, 


cor<  n.  to  a  due- .V' equal  proption  ;  as  the  said  Comissioners  or  the 
greater  n.n.hcr  of  y-  shall  detcrn.inc  ;  and  this  order  is  to       e  for 
-th  pr,„ted  .V  sent  by  the  Secretary  ;  to  the  Constables  .^  s    ect  m  n 
ot  cny  of  y^  townes  aboue  na.ed  to  bee  put  in  execution  acconiinS; 

Hy  y"  Council 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXVIII.  .74.)  ^''''''  ^^^''"^  ^^'"^^^^ 

-tboutT^^f ";  °^^""''"  ''  ''"'  ^'■"^^'  "'"'^^  destruction  was 
bard  in  7'  M  "'  '"'''^'''"^^•^-  ^''^"'  ^^^"™'  ^r.  Hub- 
sixtv     n    T   "''■''"''  '''''^''''  '^''  """^^^■'-  ^^'  f-^'-li-  at 

rv^r;r     iT  ''"'""'''  '"  ''  ^^^"^^'^  "^''^>^  ^'  considered  a  fair 
average       The  same   authority  says    that    there  were    forty 
clwe  luig-houscs.  besides  other  buildings,  burned  in  this  as 
saul,  and  only  fourteen  or  fifteen  hous::s  left  standing 

fortunately  the  loss  of  life  or  limb  on  the  part  of 'the  in- 

rZothlc  '?""•'  """^^   killed -of  whom    one   was 

'ndtl   00     ^^";  'T     ""'^""'  "'^^^""^  ^^""bt.  John  Nutting - 

o  h  f loin  M  ""^"'  "'  ""''^^'  ^^"^^^^^'•'  -^d  tJ-- 

otnei,  John  Morse,  was  ransomed. 

The  lot  of  these  early  settlers  was  indeed  hard  and  bitter- 

hey  had  seen  their  houses  destroyed  and  their  cattli  ki   e  l' 

leavmg  them  nothing  to  live  on      Their.  .  ' 

to  'ih-inrl...,  fi        1  .       ^^  ""•      A  »eir  alternative  now  was 

Ind  ,0    Iw  "",'"""";'°"'  "*-"  'l-y  "id  with  „u,c;,  sadness 

kii^drcd  '"  ""  "''"'''''"'  """"'S  '"-■■■  W->J»  -"J 

Acc„rdi„j;  to  tl,e  Reverend  Elias  Nason.  in  his  "  Historv  of 
the  I  o,v„  of  Dunstable,  Massaehnsetts  "  :  _  ^ 

[DmSel"-"'".  "','■'-  '"  ""  """''--'"ly  action  of  ,l,c  town 

la  wh™  r;„    "'    '°  ""■  ""-*•"'  '""-""=  '■"'"  ■'-■  -*"™s,a„ce 

a   ,  a  kof  r'  T"""'  '•>'  ""  '"''™»  ''"""S  Philip's  U-ar, 

(IV  6^)  "'""''''  °"  "'''"^    '""  "'■  "'™'  «'=  '^l^'i"- 


I:. 


If 


44 


KING   PHILIP'S   WAR. 


In  the  autumn  of  1879  the  town  of  Groton  erected  a  monu- 
ment to  commemorate  the  site  of  the  meeting-house  which 
was  burned  during  this  assault.  It  bears  the  following  in- 
scription :  — 

NEAR   THIS   SPOT 


STOOD  TV 


!RST  MEETING  HOUSE  OF  GROTON 


lilill-T  IN  1 666 


AND    HURNT    IIY   TUK    INDIANS 
13  March  1676 

The  monument,  in  connection  with  two  others,  was  dedi- 
cated by  appropriate  exercises  in  the  Town  Hall,  on  February 
20,  1880,  when  an  historical  address  was  delivered,  and  sub- 
sequently printed. 

The  following  list  of  soldiers,  who  served  in  the  garrisons  at 
Groton  during  King  Philip's  War,  is  given  in  "  A  Journal 
appertaining  to  the  Colony  of  Mattachusits,"  kept  by  John 
Hull,  Treasurer  of  the  Colony,  and  now  in  the  library  of  the 
New  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society.  The  respec- 
tive dates  refer  to  the  time  when  the  men  were  paid  in 
Boston,  and  not  necessarily  to  the  time  of  their  service.  The 
figures  within  the  parentheses  indicate  the  page  of  the  Jour- 
nal where  the  name  is  found. 


November  9,  1675. 

Samuel  Read  (54) 01   16  00 

John  Bush  (54) 03  07  08 

Samuel  Bull  (54)       .,  02  04  06 

John  Largin  [Lakin?]  (54) 02  02  00 

Timothy  Forgly  (54) 02  02  00 

Samuel  Whitney  (54) 00  04  04 

November  30,  1675. 

Thomas  Chamberlain  (62) 02  09  08 

Jeremiah  Morse  (62) *** 


KING   I'HILIP'S   WAR. 


45 


Thomas  Bancroft  (62) 
John  Wood  (62)  . 
Josiah  VVht'lcr  (62) 


I    10     * 

Hugh  Taylor  (62) 02   12  02 

Jacob  Dane  (62) . 03  01  08 

David  Church  (62)  ...  03  00  00 

Shuball  Stcrncs  (62)      .     .  '     * 04   10  00 

Thomas  Wood  (62)  ..." 03  00  00 

William  Gill  (62)       ....  03  01  08 

John  Hawes  (62)      ...  03  07  08 

Oncsii)horus  Stanly  (62)     ,  01    10  00 

John  DaiTion  (62)         ...'*'" 03  05  02 

Daniel  Starling  (62)       . •     •     •     •     03  01  08 

Jonathan  Si)raguc  (62) '    ^3  03  04 

Thomas  Dunnell  (62)    .     .     .' 03  00  00 

Jacob  Winslow  (62)       . 03  00  00 

Pclatiah  Smith  (62)  ...'.' 03  06  00 

Thomas  Micheson  (63)      . 03  00  00 

03  05  02 


Dec(. 


John  Codington  (loi)  . 

Jonathan  Parker  (loi)  . 

Ephraim  Bemish  (loi)  . 

Timothy  Frogly  (loi) 

John  Tcdd  (loi) 

Samuel  Hagar  (loi) 

Israel  Hill  (loi)  . 

Daniel  Canada  (ioi) 

Nathaniel  Domton  (loi) 
Sebread  Taylor  (loi) 
Thomas  Frost  (roi) 
Samuel  Allen  (loi)  . 
William  Doule  (loi) 
William  Halford  (loi)  . 


mber 


20, 


1675- 


Benjamin  Simons  (130) 
Lot  Johnson  (130)    .     . 


January  25,  1675-6. 


01  15  02 
03  08  00 
03  08  04 
or  16  00 
03  06  00 

03  06  00 

02  06  02 

04  10  00 

03  00  00 
03  00  00 
03  12  00 
03  09  04 
03  00  00 
03  18  00 


02  08  00 

03  00  00 


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46 


KING   1'111L1I"S    WAR. 


Sainui'l  Hull  (1,^0) 02  02  00 

Samiirl  Clcavfhiiul  (1^50) 02  08  00 

Daniel  Canada  (130) oo  iS  00 

Jacoi)  Dane  (130) 00  18  00 

Jcu'iniali  Moss  (130) 00  06  00 

Simon  Stone  (130) <>3  '^^  00 

Samuel  I  lager  (130) 00  18  uo 

I'lphiaini  lieniis  (130) 00  12  00 

Subaell  Stearnes  (130) 01  10  00 

Thomas  {'"rost  (131) 00  07  00 

Timothy  iM-ogly  (131) 00  o-j  00 

DavidC'huirh  (131) 01  06  06 

February  29,  if) 75-6. 

Nath.  Hill  (154)" Un(lerC:ai)|\Vheler^*val(;r()ton(]arrison"  01  12   10 

Jonathan  Hill  (154) 01  12    10 

Josei>h  {''oster  {154) 01  12    10 

John  Waldo  (134) 01  12    10 

I'Vancis  Dudly  (154) 01  12    10 

Samuel  Idelcher.  Sen.  (154) 01  04  05 

Samuel  Kleleher,  Jr.  (154) 01  12    10 

Eleazer  Hrown  (154) 01  19  04 

Cyprian  Stevens  (154) 00  1403 

i'.enjamin  (".raves  (154) 01  19  04 

John  I'.ates  (154) 01  12    10 

Stephen  Cloblo  (154) 01  12   10 

April  24,  1676. 

Thomas  Foster  (216) 03  00  00 

Kleazer  Hall  (216) 00  06  00 

lonath  Crisp  (216) 02  10  06 

Daniel  Adams  (216)  ■ 00  06   10 

June  24,  1676. 

Zaehary  (^risp  (239) 02  15  08 

Afalhias  Smith  (246) 01  06  06 

Nathaniel  Green  (246) 01  12  06 


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00 

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00 

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00 

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00 

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00 

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12  10 

12  10 

12  10 

12  10 

12  10 

04  05 

12  10 

19  04 

)  14  03 

19  04 

;  12  10 
;  12  10 


15  08 
06  06 
12  06 


KINC,   PHILIP'S  WAR. 

William  Cloii-,'li  (246)    .     .  ~ 

John  Cloff  (246)   ...'.'.' 01   06  06 

James  Che ver  (246)       .     .*     " 01   n  00 

Kdmiind  (kigc  (246)     .     ." 01    n  00 

William  llordman  (246)"     '     ."     .' 01  06  06 

Benjamin  Graves  (246)      ." 010203 

John  Hands  (246)    .     .     " 00  10  00 

Morris  Tnilove  (246)    . 01  06  06 

Joseph  Pollard  (246)     . or  06  06 

Moses  Wheat  (262)       .".'.' ot    ,,   00 

numi)hry  Millard  (262)      .'     "     ' -020800 

'I'homas  Region  (262) 00  06   10 

'I'imothy  Cutler  (262)    . 02   14  00 

Richard  (IrilTeth  (262)  .'     ." 020808 

01    16  00 

July  24,  1676. 
Richard  Pasmore  (338) 

John  Hush  (338)       ..."." 04  04  00 

John  Potter  (3^'^)     .     . 01  02  00 

Symon  \Villar(r(338)     ..'.','"' 010400 

00  19  03 

In  the  early  spring  of  ,678.  j„st  two  year,  after  tl,c  attack 
1.0  old  settlers  returne.l  to  re-establish  the  town.     U nV    ,  .tl 
hy  the,r  b,tter  experience,  they  came  back  to  bcin    it      ew 
n.  the  wilderness,  with  all  its  attendant  hardship         t  do 

"""'''''^X'l;;""'r:'''':'''''''"'^  "-^  ■""'--■  by  the  JLh^^ 


inistances  :  — 
7yie  Jiiimhle  petition  and 


ormcr 


Humbly  sheweth  to  the  Honored  Generall  Court 
as  followeth  viz  : 


rapu'st  of  the  greatest  number  of  the  fo. 

setting  in  Boston  : 


inhabitants  of  f  To7cme  of  Groton 

imbly  sheweth  to  the  Honored  Gen 
oweth  viz  : 

^Ve  who  have  been  great  sufferers,  by  r  hand  of  God,  in  the  late 


m 


m 


is 

H.. 


48 


KING    PHILIP'S    WAR. 


Wars  l)y  our  hcatlicnisli  ciK-mycs,  as  is  well  kiiownc  to  all :  &c  hy 
which  wc  haiic  bine  enforced,  to  flye  before  our  enimyes  ;  to  our  great 
&  greivous  lossc,  &  trouble,  liy  y'  good  hand  of  Clod  to  us,  haue  had 
so  much  rei)reaue,  iV  res[)itt,  as  we  haue  many  of  us,  had  y'-'  liberty  <\: 
oppertunity,  to  returne  to  tiie  places,  though  not  y'  houses  of  our 
former  aboile.  And  now  being  under  vV  exercised  with  many  tV 
great  ilifficultyes  ;  Appreheniling  it  our  tluty,  to  addresse  ourselues  ;  not 
onely  to  our  heavenly  father;  butt  earthly  iiithers  also,  in  tills  time  ot 
need:  do  humbly  begg  our  case  may  be  seriously  considered,  iv 
weighed,  &  that  some  direction,  and  releife  may  be  affoarded  imto 
us. 

Some  of  us  y"  Inhabitants  haue  ventured  :  our  Hues  some  while 
since  to  returne  againe,  and  many  others  have  followed  us,  whose 
welcome  company  is  rejoycing  imto  us.  Yett  our  poverty,  iv:  the  non- 
residence  of  others,  doth  occation  us  great  and  unavoidable  trouble. 
We  haue  (through  Gods  goodnesse,  &  blessing  our  endeavours,  ^: 
attempts)  procured  &  obteined  the  ministry  of  y''  word  amoung  us  ; 
&  haue  bin  at  some  considerable  charge  about  it.  And  are  willing  (i 
(lod  please)  to  keep,  tS:  maintaine,  it  among  us.  IJutt  there  is  some 
discouragements,  upon  sundrey  accounts.  We  haue  had  seuerall 
towne  meetings  to  consult  the  good,  &  welfare  of  the  towne  &  place 
&  how  things  may  be  caried  on,  as  to  defraing  pul)liq  charges,  And  it 
hath  bin,  voated  in  our  meetings  (our  visil)le  estate  being  small)  to 
lay  it  on  y"^^  lands,  y'  so  an  eciuality  iji  some  respect  might  be  reacheil 
unto.  This  is  by  y''  most  judged  to  be  the  present  best  yea  y"  onely 
present  possible  way  for  us  to  proceed  in.  which  we  desire  your 
honoured  seines  to  putt  y'  countenance  of  authority  upon.  As  also 
That  our  late  dredfull  suffering  mines,  and  impoverishments  may  by 
your  iionoured  selues  be  so  fare  niindeil  «S:  considered,  that  we  may 
for  the  present  (till  we  a  litle  recover  ourselues)  be  releised  from 
Countrey  charges.  We  would  be  rightly  understood,  as  to  our  first 
rccjuest  That  the  way  by  lands  accomodations  for  the  levying  towne 
charges  may  be  stated  butt  for  y*"  present  few  years,  till  Clod  by  his 
providence  may  alter  our  crnacity  &  condition  :  Thus  craving  pdone 
for  this  our  boldnesse  That  successe  &  a  blessing  may  Attend  you  in 
all  your  affaires ;  That  God  will  accomplish  his  promises  &  built  y" 
wast  jilaces,  sett  up  his  house  &  ordinances  whence  they  have  been 
removed  deliglit  to  build,  (S:  plant  us  againe,  «.^  not  to  pull  us  downe  & 


si       I 


'^'Nt;    ['FII1.II"S    WAR.  ^,j 

Pl-ck  „s  MP  That  wo  „K.y  yet  sec  This  our  Jerusalem  a  n„iett  habit, 
t'on      1  iuis  prayeth  your  hun.ble  .V  unworthy  petitioners  : 


Att  A  towne  meeting  at  (iroton 
May2o'!'  1679  Ther  re.i  .V  voate.l 
b"  the  inliahitants  : 

I  Massachusetts  Archives,  l.XIX.  224.] 


Jamios  1'akkkr 
Sej-'ct  man 
And  clarlve  in  y 
name  of  y-  rest. 


It  answ;  to  this  Pet"  It  is.   onlere.l  I,y  this  Cot.rt  y'  fcr  ,  •  ve.res 
next  .omemg  ,n  all  levyes  n.a.le  for  y    bcnellt   of  y'  s'   pltc     "v 
mamu..n..e  of  C^ods  ordinances  there,  those  y-  haue  ,an        L^  i 

29'"  May  ir>79  ^'^'^^^"  R-wso.v  Secre' 

10'"  Miv  rr,       /-  ,  Wiu.iAM  ToKRiA-  Cleric. 

30    May  1679     Consented  to  by  the  magis'^ 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXIX.  229.J  ''''^^^'"   ^'^""^'^^^^  Secret. 

out  ,„o..;ri::  ^;i:-V;;  :z:  .'^-i-:  """■ 

fa™,was,,i,„a™d'-!!  ^''^'"'^f"''' ^vhcrc  Major  IIcn=l„„a„'s 

lu  iM  t,„^.,,  h,  ,„r„n„c  l,i,„  ,l,at  his  «>„  l,ci„g  „„,. 
4 


^m 


II 


50 


KINC;   I'HILII'S   WAR. 


y'"  outhcr  sid  of  nicrcmack  Riucr  :  a  hunting  with  his  I  )autcr  witli  luiu 
up  tlif  Riucr  ourr  against  Souhcgan  upon  the  :  22  day  of  this  instant 
al)out  tcnc  of  the  clock  in  y  morning :  he  Discourcd  15  Indcns  on 
this  sid  the  Riuer  \vlii(  h  he  soposed  to  be  Mohokes  l)y  ther  spcch  he 
caled  to  them  thay  ans\,.ired  but  he  culd  not  understand  ther  sjiech  : 
and  he  l.auing  a  Coninv  tiier  in  the  Riuer  he  went  to  breck  his  conow 
that  thay  niiglit  ncH  haue  ani  ues  (;f  it,  in  y'  inenc  time  thay  shot  about 
thurty  gimes  at  him  and  lie  being  much  friglited  fled  and  came  home 
forth  with  to  nahanicok  wher  ther  wigowemes  now  stand 
not  Eles  at  Present  but  but  [sir}  I 

Remain  your  saruan  to  Cofi\and 

James  Pakkkk 

Re''  9.  night  answered  24  :  march.  76 

[Superscription  I 

To  the  Honred  (louurncr 

anil  Counesuell  all 

IJostoun 

hast  post  hast 


CHAI'TIiR   II. 


KING    WILLIAMS    WAR. 


The  savage,  at  best  made  b      ,."  .U  1       '  "  '""  """'"^■'■■'• 
ous  and  addicted  t„  drink      Th    f  n  ""'y'''^"'  "'•-•^'cltcr. 

^ec".-i.o.tbatt„c;teit;iSt^-d:r:::^r" 

.i.':;=!:i;,,;,t^',ltr::i:n''  ^  "y"-  ^c..  „..  t,,. 

drinkc  or  with  ,lrir'   ,'.,!,  e        '      "•'"'  •"•■  """■■"  ''""""'"■'  "'  i" 
fourc  the  seleet  m      eit  ::,';:;;r  '"  T  "'  *"'''  """  ''"'"  '- 

l>o  |.o„nesed  accordin  a^ZuTLf,       ''*"  '■"'>■  """''  f'^'"'"  ^">'' 
I.C  sattised  for  his  paL"  ''  ''"='^'  "'"'  ">''  '"'■""»"  'hall 

l.eing  dro,„K.e  w.af J^  „  Ir"  ^I  ^;i7,^^'h-="cci>in  «va,. 
the  other  John  Na»|„„„»  sway  w  °  „  „;,  '' V™ ,'™  '^'"'« 
loosehert,von„artliottleai„ltl„.l-  '    '' ■'    ^    "^■'*  ■™l 

«-lio  seized  them.  ''""'"" '"  "  ""^''•■''  ■"  &'«'"  I-^'ken 


M 


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52 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


Captain  TVancis  Nicholson,  \vritin<;  from  Boston  to  London, 
Au;4ust  31,  1C88,  speaks  of  the  feeling  here  at  that  time.  He 
says  :  -- 

Att  night  [August  19]  I  came  to  Dunstable  (about  30  miles  from 
hence)  from  theme  I  sent  two  Knglish  men  and  an  Indian  to  Pene- 
cooke  being  sixty  miles  up  the  river  Merymeck  ;  the  men  told  me  they 
should  be  3  dayes  in  doeing  of  it ;  soc  next  day  I  went  through  (Iroton 
and  I,ancaster,  where  the  people  were  very  much  afraid  (l)eing  out 
towns)  butt  I  told  them  as  I  did  other  places,  that  they  should  nott  be 
soe  much  cast  down,  for  that  they  had  the  happinesse  of  being  subjects 
of  a  victorious  King,  who  coukl  protect  them  from  all  their  enemies. 

[Documents  relating  to  the  Colonial   Ilistoiv  of  the   State  of  New  York, 

ni.  551] 

Dunstable  was  formerly  a  very  large  township,  and  its  orig- 
inal territory  now  includes  several  towns,  lying  mostly  in  New 
Hampshire.  The  earliest  settled  parts  of  it  come  within  the 
present  limits  of  Nashua. 

The  following  letter  is  preserved  among  the  Shattuck  Man- 
uscripts, and  shows  that  the  condition  of  the  town  was  still 
unsettled.  It  gives  in  a  few  words  a  good  insight  of  the  situ- 
ation of  affairs  at  the  time  :  — 

Groton,  July:  16.  i6Sg 

To  the  honred  Gouner  and  coimcell  and  Representiues  :  thes  Lins 
shew  the  Re([uest  of  your  humbell  sarunts  the  inhabtants  of  the  towne 
of  groton  ami  oucr  presant  unseUed  and  almost  destrected  condition ; 
we  mack  bold  to  troubell  you  once  more  ;  craning  youer  aduice  and 
asistanc  if  it  may  be  obtained  that  we  may  go  on  with  ouer  bisnes  ; 
to  gat  in  our  haruest  and  do  other  nessary  worke  :  the  barer  heare  of 
James  Knoj)  and  James  Parker  Jun'  are  fuly  abell  to  aquaint  the 
honred  councell  ouer  conditon  boath  in  miletary  &:  other  cases  ;  in  the 
towne  ;  ouer  ofesers  are  by  the  new  choice 

James  Parker  sener  caj)' 
Jonas  Prescot  Lef 
John  Lacken  ensin. 
^  order  of  the  towne  of  groton 
JosiAH  Pakkkr,  dark. 


fvING   WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


i;rout  to  CCiver  unto  jiL  xLp  ^^      s  ^'  '"  °^''^^  ^^'^* 

J  own  forty  pounds  of  powder  and  on.   U      T  ^    "''  "^  ^" 

t;-ir  1.1.  to  repay  it  aj.in  llitl^T^^      :^::    7'^'"  °^  '^^"  ^^^'"^ 

<lo  also  api)oynt  v    Miior  nf  „    r         ,V  Convenient  time.     & 

I'npressinJ  o    ten  so     ers  il  '  '''""  "'  ^'  ^'°"^^'  ^"  ^^'^  y^ 

releife.  ^'"  ''"^  ^^  ^"""'^  as  may  be  for  their 

By  order  of  ye  Gov'  c\:  Councill 

[Endorsed)  ^^''  ^DDINGTON,  Sec'y. 


Groton  Military  (Officers,  j.ast  i;'.'  July.  89. 


u^  "'liirLTcS;:^:;:;'':,:"?  -^^ ""  ^•^'"  •■"■  -'^ 

.689,  was  s„pp„„ccl  bv'  Zo  "1    "''"f  "  '""■'  °f  ""•'  >•-=- 
Captain  JacV  Mo<l  ^    rcsA'I'ors  ' '°'""""''  "^ 

;".  captain  „r  it;  Jonas  iistott.c  lie    e'nl^  TTTr' 

concernn,o„.."    G^ton  t  a"o"  /„?    ^r    T^  °'  1"'"'''"^' 
designated  Au"i,sf  ,n  ,.         ,       ,  "■ '°"'""  "'••>'  "'-■re 

.aciL  for\hcp  le^'se.  :  :^;i:T^^  °"'"'  '"^^^^  •'^- 
Casco,  Newichewanick  (Itenvicf*        '"•„'=°'""«'"  <=ncmy_ 

Horse  were  'tat  om,h  ^'''",  °^'""-""'  '•"«'  ""^  ^"^^'^ 
nnordertose  d  "tot  e  r  To  "°"  '•"■'"™'"  '»  — '^^ 
of  ti,e  Garris' th'ltrThSr'r  "'•?'"°"  ^°'  "■""'^ 
barrel!  of  Salt,  one  barrel,/  ,"■""'"  "''  "'''^'•''l'  °"'-- 

siK.tt,a„dt,,r;eir:d''mirst;;::;^^^^^^^ 

t-opers  were  sent  to  t.,is  post,  Sep.l,be:?;::„':,e,  ^t^ 


I 


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54 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


John  Chubbuck,  in  order  to  relieve  Corporal  Ebenezer  White 
and  his  command;  a  fortnight  later  Cornet  Chubbuck  was 
succeeded  by  John  Pratt.  (Archives,  LXXXI.  24,  60,  62,,  67, 
74,  81.)  The  commissary  of  the  post  at  this  time  was  Jona- 
than Remington,  who  seems  to  have  had  but  little  duty  to 
perform.  Shortly  afterward,  the  order  came  from  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council  to  discharge  him,  as  well  as  Captain  Moore 
and  his  company  of  cavalry,  from  the  public  service.  The 
record  is  as  follows  :  — 

Upon  information  there  is  but  little  work  for  a  Coftiissary  at  Groton 
the  Representatives  do  agree  &  order  that  the  Coiuissary  there ;  be 
discharged  from  said  Imploymen' : 

Ordered  by  the  Representatives  That  Capt'"^  Jaccob  Moore  w"'  his 
Company  at  Groton  be  forth  w"'  drawne  off  and  discharged  desireing 
the  Hon"'  Gov"^  &  Councill  Consent 


Novemb';  6'":    1689: 
Consent''  to  by  the  Gov"; 
&  Councill 

I  Massachusetts  Archives,  XXXV.  71,  73.] 

Jeremy  Swcyne  writes,  from 
Octob'  15.  89,"  — 


Ebenezer  Prout  Clerk 


1st  Addington  Sec'*" 


Berwick   att   Salmon    falls 


Capt.  Wiswell  with  ye  biggest  part  of  his  part  of  his  company 
scouted  up  westward  into  ye  chestnut  woods  4  dayes  but  found  none 
of  ye  enimy  nor  yet  where  y»  haue  lately  binn,  it  is  supposed  y'  small 
party  of  Indians  may  t)e  in  ye  chestnut  cuntry  beyond  Groaton,  .  .  . 

(Massachusetts  Archives,  XXXV.  56.) 

John  Paige,  of  Groton,  went  in  the  expedition  to  Canada, 
in  the  year  1690,  under  Major  Wade;  he  was  wounded  in  the 
left  arm,  and  did  not  entirely  recover  for  two  years.  His  sur- 
geon's bill,  amounting  to  seven  pounds,  was  paid  out  of  the 
public  treasury.  The  petition  in  his  behalf,  now  among  the 
Shattuck  Manuscripts,  is  as  follows  :  — 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


Sinrf>   nf  ^     1  ,  ^"''  <-hyrurgeons  hand  for  the 

Thoe  Yo'  Petition"  sons  ere  came  to  Seaven  pounds  >v»  v„'  Pe.i 

only  rcc    from  the  country  tliirty  shilh-ngs,  w"^"  was  soe  mnrh  nii^    i 

And  yo^  Petition"-  as  in 

duty  bound  Shall  ever  i)ray 

John  Paige 


m 


m 


56 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


Tliis  may  ccrtific  that  John  Paige  Sonc  of  the  Petition'  was  under 
the  hands  of  me  Jonathan  Prescott  Chyrurgeon  above  a  twelve  montlis 
time,  and  that  his  cure  pformed  by  me  came  to  seaven  pounds 

Jonathan  Prescoit 

voted  that  John  Page  Jun'  son  of  the  Petition'  shall  for  the  payment 
oi  the  Chirurgion  and  Dyet  Dureing  the  time  of  his  Cure  Receive  out 
of  the  i)ublic([uc  treasury  of  this  province  Twelve  pounds  deducting 
out  of  s''  suiTie  what  he  has  all  ready  Reced  :  passed  in  the  Affirmative 
by  the  House  Re.  Nath  :  Byfield  Speaker 

[Endorsed] 

John  Paige  of  Groton  his  petition 

1693  27  febr     Vot'.'  in  Council;^.   12.  to  be  p''  deducting  iS:c. 

Anything  relating  to  the  brave  men  who  suffered  in  the 
Indian  wars  is  now  of  interest,  and  I  offer  no  apology  for 
giving  incidents  that  may  to  some  persons  seem  trivial. 

Cotton  Mather  mentions,  in  his  Magnalia,  a  few  instances 
of  "  mortal  wounds  upon  the  Eng.ish  not  proving  mortal,"  and 
gives  the  case  of  an  inhabitant  of  this  town  who  was  in  a  gar- 
ilson  at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  when  that  place  was  as- 
saulted, July  4,  1690.     He  says  :  — 

It  is  true,  that  one  Simon  Stone  being  here  Wounded  with  Shot  in 
Nine  se\eral  places,  lay  for  Dead  (as  it  was  time  !)  among  the  Dead. 
The  Indians  coming  to  Strip  him,  attempted  with  Two  several  lilows 
of  an  Hatchet  at  his  A^eck  to  cut  off  his  Head,  which  P,]ows  added  you 
may  be  sure,  more  Enormous  ^^'ounds  unto  those  rort-holes  of  Death, 
at  wliicli  the  Life  of  the  jjoor  Man  was  already  running  out  as  fiist  as 
it  could.  Peing  charged  hard  by  Lieutenant  Baneroft  they  left  the 
Man  without  Scalping  him ;  and  the  English  now  coming  to  Bury  the 
Dead,  one  of  the  Soldiers  perceived  this  poor  Man  to  fetch  a  Gasp  ; 
whereupon  an  Irish  Fellow  then  present,  advised  'em  to  give  him 
another  Dab  witli  an  Hatchet,  and  so  Pury  him  with  the  rest.  The 
English  detesting  this  Barbarous  Advice,  lifted  up  the  Wounded  Man, 
and  poured  a  little  Eair  Water  into  his  Mouth  at  which  he  Coughetl  ; 
then  tliey  poured  a  little  Strong  Water  after  it,  at  which  he  opened 
his  I'Acs.     The  Irish  Fellow  was  ordered  now  to  hale  a  Canoo  ashore 


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57 

to  carry  the  Wounded  Men  up  the  River  unto  .  (Z  ' 

Teague  was  foolishly  pullin.  the  C.non.  7  ^^irurgeon  ;  and  as 

G..,  while  he  held  t,e  Mu'  fnT  uZ"  J'n  '"'  ^'"^'^  ''  ^'^^ 
broke  his  ^..,  .hereof  he  e  " ,  fr  '  ^'  ''""  "^"'  °^^  '^^^ 
Smon  Stone  was  thoron.ll  J^"!'  ,  ^'^  '  '°  ''"''  ^''->'--  «"t 
Man;  and  as  ^^  .^^ ^'^ m  !''''''''''' "^^ 
Neighbours  have  thought  him  to  t  °"  """   "^^"^''  '^'-^ 

^/^-Ar  /-.     (Book  Vrl  pa  ^7^  )  ''  '^'^^  "  '^^">'  ^^^^^^  - 

Many  families  who  have  hvcd  in   Crr.^       . 
line  of  descent  to  this  same  Zr.     '"  ^'^^'^^  ''^^"^  back  their 

kill,  and  to  vvhom       /tu^tet  r  r'i  "'"  ""^  ^'  '"'  ^° 
,    Hatchet -was  not  given  ^'  ""^^'"^^  "  ^^^  ^^'^h  an 

baptismal  rit^  T^:: z^^:^^^-:'^  ---^  -- 

the  r  Indian  one<.    fh^..   i  "  connection  with 

uncommon.     The  following       .^^  '  *'"'^°"'  ''^'''-^  "^t 

town-clerk,  relate  o  jrcob  7  T  ''  ^''''''''  '''''^^^'  '^^^ 
wl^o  ,.d  Been  li^n^i^r v"  ^i^ ^ ^  Zj^  !"^^"' 
t.on  of  the  writer  they  were  of  conLerable  author.^   -'"'" 

Josiah  Parker  of  Groton  testifves  thit  h.  ■ 
w'"  y^  Indian  now  in  prison  named      col    N     ""''  "'"  ''^"""'"^"^ 
Can  say  of  his  certain  knowledge'  ie  hath  T".""'  ^'  '"^  '^ 
since  y^  last  Indian  warr  began  exceo   it  T    ,        ,""  '"''^  '"^"^'^ 
^vas  in  r  Countrey  service  tmcL  v'Tnr      J  " ''"  '''  ^'^'  ^^'''  J'^*^"!^ 
in  the  years  Eight'y  nine  t  N^  /•    al   ^if.  V"""'  "'^^'^  ^^^'■^^^^" 
produce  severall  y'  Can  testify  y  Le     Hee  f  .^'  "'"-'"'  '"^  ^^'^" 
a.s  it  is  possible  to  know  an  Ldi-TZ  .^^'' J'''^'^' '^^'^^  that  as  far 
hath  manifested  the  sarTe  lod  ''  "  ^•"'''"^^  ^°  ^'^'^  ^'^glish  .K: 

of  y^  Inhabitants  of  S^tontveT  "  ^.^^'^  ^^' "'^ereas  severall 
they  have  taken  this  sai  1  hcd)  u  -  H  "7  '"  '^  ""°^'^  «"  '-"^h^g 
his  Care  more  then  any  ofXm  :  ""  "',"  '"  '^  "'^^'^^  '^^'^  «'->-ne 
-ire  to  them  that  it  Id  Co  c  '  •"  "'^^'^  """'^^^  -^  -P--"^'  him- 
I-i-cl  by  r  enemy  I  chan"  1  s  "7,7°  '"'  '"•■  '''  ^'">'  ^^"^^  «- 
-*:  also  man/other  ^.::.:^-^^^^^^ 

Josiah  Pakkf.k 


11 1 


'iW 


.  U'.i'l 


58 


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m 


Groton  Decmbr.  8'!'  1691 
The  testomoneys  of  Josiah  Parker  aged.  36  :  years  :  and  of  Joseph 
Parker  aged  40  yeres :  Thomas  Tarball  aged.  25:  years  or  there 
aboiits ;  testify  concarning  Jacob  Indein  now  in  prison  ;  that  the  two 
winters  last  past  y^'  s''  Jacob  has  bin  gineraly  in  owr  towne  with  his 
faniely  Except  when  he  was  out  a  hunting  and  then  the  s''  Joseph 
Parker  or  s''  Tarball  were  out  with  him  or  som  other  Inglesh  men  who 
have  geeuen  sd  Jacob  a  good  coment  as  to  his  care  and  wachfulnes  as 
to  y^'  enemy  boadi  by  night  and  day  and  by  the  best  intiuiery  that  we 
can  make  s''  Jacob  has  never  bin  out  a  hunting  aboue  once  without 
som  English  Companey  with  him  &  then  he  was  not  gon  aboue  a 
fortnight  and  that  was  about  two  years  sence ;  the  which  if  caled  too 
am  redy  too  testify  upon  oath  pr  me 

JosiAH  Pakker 

Groton  Decmbr.  8'!'.  1691 
Concarning  the  man  that  has  accuesed  the  Indeins  in-  prison  he  is 
a  man  litell  to  be  credeted  for  on  the  :  2'!'  day  of  this  Instent  at 
ICuening :  Lef  Boweres  and  :  1 :  at  Mr.  Sumers'is  at  charlestowne 
discorsing  him  namly  Abraham  Miller  about  y^'  s''  Indeins:  and, 
teling  him  that  he  was  mistaken  for  thes  Indeins  ware  not  at  Canedy 
at  that  time  when  he  charged  them ;  s''  Miller  sd  Zoundes  that  if  ever 
he  saw  them  Indens  again  out  of  prison  he  would  kill  them :  and 
being  a  litell  cautioned  to  be  sober  minded  he  broke  out  with  an  oath 
that  if  he  ware  but  out  of  ye  countrey  himselfe  ;  he  wished  the  In- 
deins woukl  knock  out  y^^  '.raines  of  every  porson  in  New  england. 
This  was  spok  before  M^  Sumers  .*t  his  wife  and  severall  outhers ;  y-' 
s"  porson  being  asked  whether  he  ware  not  in  a  passion  sometime 
after  he  Re])lyed  no  he  was  of  y^'  same  mind  still  that  if  he  ware  out 
of  y---  countrey  he  did  not  care  if  all  the  Rest  ware  knocked  their 
braines  out  — to  which  if  caled  to  am  redy  too  testify  upon  oath. 
Pr  me 

,,,        ,  .    , .  Josiah  Parker 

I  Massachusetts  Archives,  XXX.  323.] 

Thirteen  chapters  of  a  history  of  the  town  were  published 
in  the  "Groton  Herald"  between  December  12,  1829,  and 
July  3,  1830,  of  which  Mr.  Butler  wrote  the  first  eleven,  and 
Mr.  Lemuel  Shattuck  the  other  two  chapters.     The  following 


against  ,ho  („,lia„«,  Z  ,,    ,1    ,  "'  '"  ''"•"■*°"»  '""'  l'«"™>i".> 

mcnt  „f  the  garrisons  in    1^1;        '""  ""  "'""""  "■'  "«-■  "s-'flw- 

E-gnJ„„.Uki„a„„      '''•*"■  ^'-"'""..»9.-. 

JiKJ.  J'aris, 

Widdovv  JJIood,  Junr. 

William  Sanders, 

Jno  Lakin,  .    ,^  ,^^^^^ 

Nathaniel  Wood,  ' 

Jno.  Alexander, 

J^enjamin  Palmer  and 

their  familys. 

Capt.  [James]  Parker  and 

Samuel  Parker, 

James  J'arker, 

Zac.  Parker, 

William  Longley, 

Jno.  Nutting, 

Tliomas  larl)ell, 
James  Robinson, 
James  Nutting,  and 
their  familys. 


II  men. 


Knosh  Lawrence 
Lieut.  Lakin  and  3  sons, 
Joseph  Lawrence, 
Samuel  Walmer, 
James  Plood, 
Jno.  Shadock, 
Samuel  Kemp, 
Daniel  IJarney  and 
their  familys. 


1 


13  nien. 


6o 


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KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


Lt.  [Jonas]  Trcscott  and 
Nathaniel  Lawrence, 
James  Knop, 
Klias  ]5arncs, 
Samuel  Scripture, 
Ephraim  JMlljrook, 
Daniel  Peirce, 
Jno.  Barnes, 
Steven  Holding, 
Jno.  Perrum, 
Samuel  Davis  and 
their  familys. 
wicldow  Sawtle  with 
y'". 


Jno.  Davis, 

Nicholas  Cade, 

Cornelius  Church, 

Jno.  Cade, 

Joseph  Cade, 

Joshua  Whitting,  [Whitney] 

Joshua  Whitting,  Junr.  [Whitney] 

Peleg  Lawrence, 

Jonathan  Lawrence, 

James  Fisk, 

Samuel  Fisk, 

Robert  Robin  and 

their  familys..    In  all  31  men. 


Jno.  Farnsworth  and 
Mathew  Farnsworth, 
Penjamin  Farnsworth, 
Samuel  Farnsworth, 
Widdow  Farnsworth, 
Simon  Stone, 
Jno.  Stone, 

Nicholas  Hutchins  and 
their  familys. 


^  10  men. 


KING    WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


6i 


At  Mr.  Mc-zckiah  Usher's  farm, 
yamuci  Ijennet, 


'i^'nnet,  and        '. 
Tlia-e  Souldicrs.  } 

(91  nit-n.) 


5  men. 


town.  Their  sister  Ruth,  the  wl,  ^  m/""  '"r"  ^""  ^^•^'^■^■ 
•Irowned  in  Charlestown  Ferry  in  rl  ■  ^  "  ^'^^"'"^''^'  ^^^o  was 
""•^    f'-ilics  in   C;roton   an  f  pj'tu  "^  '""'"■'■  "'^  ^'^^  '^'^^"- 

S-cral  c:urions  facts  nngh  he  rl?  '  '""''"'  ^'^'"^'^  ^--^""^e. 
families,  were  it  consisten^vuh   he  t  nc  ,n7r'^  """^  "*'  ''-- 

and  Jonas  Prcscotfs.  as  follor:  -  '^'^'  Lawrence's 

William  Green  and 
John  Lawrence, 
Abigail  Parker, 'widow, 
Joshua  Wheat, 
Samuel  Church, 
Joseph  Parker, 
John  (Jreene, 
iMniel  Cady, 
]ohn  "age  and  sons, 
Samuel  Woods,  sen., 
Thomas  Woods,  and 
tht'ir  families. 

l^e  .um  total  of  "  g,   ^J!  Z        7.  "'"'"^  ^°  ^'^'  "P 
J^-now  the  sites  of  these  sever-d  ^'"^'^^^  ^"•''^^'^y  ^o 

each  family  hVed;   bu    thTs  "     f'"'-'^«"-liouses.  and  where 
--d  imperfect  manner  ""  ''^  ^^^^^^  ^^^  '"  a  general 


II 
men. 


!t 


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* 


Ensign  John  Lakin,  and  the  families  named  with  him,  are 
believed  to  have  lived  in  that  part  of  the  town  known  as 
Nod,  and  the  outlyini,'  district. 

Captain  James  Parker's  land  lay,  in  part,  on  both  sides  of 
the  present  Main  Street,  and  his  house  stood  near  the  site 
of  the  Town  Mall.  The  persons  named  with  him  lived,  mostly, 
in  the  northerly  part  of  the  village. 

ICnosh  Lawrence,  and  those  associated  with  him,  occupied 
the  northerly  part  of  the  town. 

Lieutenant  Jonas  I'rescott's  house-lot  was  at  the  southerly 
end  of  the  village,  and  those  in  the  garrison  with  I'rescott 
lived  near  by. 

John  Davis  and  his  associates  dwelt  in  the  southeasterly 
part  of  the  town,  on  the  "  Great  Road  "  to  the  Ridges. 

John  Farnsworth  and  the  others  with  him  lived  in  the 
south  part  of  the  town. 

Mezekiah  Usher's  feirm  was  at  Nonacaicus,  now  included 
in  the  town  of  Ayer.  Usher's  will,  on  file  in  the  Suffolk 
County  Probate  Office,  is  dated  Nonacoicus,  j^M'i;,  1689. 
He  had  married  the  widow  of  President  Hoar,  of  Harvard 
College,  who  was  a  daughter  of  John  Lisle,  one  of  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Great  Seal,  under  Cromwell ;  but  the  mar- 
riage was  not  a  happy  one.  She  left  him  and  went  .0  luigland 
in  the  year  1687,  and  did  not  return  until  after  his  death, 
which  took  place  at  Lynn  on  July  11,  1697.  In  his  will 
he  refers  very  plainly  to  his  domestic  troubles,  and  bitterly 
blames  his  absent  wife. 

William  Green  lived  near  the  site  of  Lawrence  Academy  ;  ind 
those  with  him,  southerly  and  easterly  of  this  neighborhood. 

During  this  period  the  Indians  began  again  to  be  trouble- 
some, and  for  the  next  fifteen  or  twenty  years  continued  their 
occasional  depredations  by  murdering  the  inhabitants,  burn- 
ing their  houses,  destroying  their  crops,  or  killing  their  cattle. 
Into  these  garrison-houses  the  neighboring  fomilies  gathered 
at  night,  where  they  were  guarded  by  armed  men  who 
warned  the  inmates  of  any  approach  of  danger. 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR 


David  Jeffries,  writintr  from  Hoston,  September  i6  inn.  , 
Lieutenant-Governor  John  Usher,  sa^s:-  '  '^^~'  '^ 

•  •  y-^^  14"'  Inst  at  nlKlu  a  J>ost  came  to  townc  fro  Mii,,'  Hi„.i 
w-  gave  an  ace"  of  about  80  or  .00  Incluns,  y' c^.rt    ts        ,  ri'' 
I  -voryof  .nrniglu  siting  p  thcire  iir^^LZ:^ ^^^^^r 
theirc-  gunns     our  scouts  w.is  soe  neire  th.'.n  v'  <1,  .  ^ 

I  u    -r  n,c„t,o„,  ,„o  f,,c,  but  docs  „„.  ,,V.,  .[:,  ^.f  V,,^,  ; 
Jeffries  ■•''•  ■"  ""-'""""ed  by  David 

mean   while    Kin<r  VVillinni'^  W-,.- 

tl.c  town  came  Ttt  '■      ^'"■'   '^■«""'  ""^«=k  "" 

ofiti    rcfcH^  T"'""-''  "'^  "^»'»'  ■•"«'   ""-'  accounts 

So      t  i'e     he"e''"w";.,"  """'^  "'  co„tc.„„„,ary  writers, 
narratives  are  :™st;;:rth;  "'^""'"'  '"''  '"  '""  ■"-■•  -'" 

«-  Where  was '.he'::".;;:. ;;"  utrr;,':;,"""^' "'  ^■"°"«"  -"^ "- 

On  y^u/y2^.   [1694,]  about  break  of  n.v  Grofw  f,  u 

.-".SHOWS  .„„, .,.. ,.,,.,.  u,u,j  ^^z^rz:z 


11 


64 


KING  WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


at  tl,o  House  of  one  Lieutenant  Ukin,  in  the  Out-skirts  of  the  Tmvn  ■ 
...t  .net  w,th  a  Repulse  there,  an.l  lost  one  of  their  Crew  Zli 
the  ess,  „,  other  I'arts  of  that  Plantation,  (when  the  ^ood  People 
had  been  so  t.red  out  as  to  lay  down  their  MU.tary  mUch)  there 
were  more  than  Twenty  Persons  killed,  and  more  than  a  Dcven  u' 
ncl  away.  Mr.  Cmslum  Jlolnut,  the  Minister  of  the  Place  with 
part  of  ins  Family,  was  Reu,arkal.Iy  preserved  from  falling  "to  t 
Hands,  when  they  u,ade  tliemselves  the  Masters  of  his  House  •  thoud 
they  Took  Two  of  his  Chil.lren.  whereof  the  one  was  K  'a    , 

t:.:^^     '''  '^"""'  '^^'•"^"  "•"  "^  '^'^  ^^P'-^^-     OWk 

Charlevoix,  a  French  missionary  in  Canada,  gives  from  his 
own  standpoint  another  version,  as  follows  :  — 

The  Ahdnaqui  chief  was  Parous,  already  celebrated  for  many  ex- 
ploits, and  commendable  attachment  to  our  interests.  This  brave  nvm 
not  satisfied  with  what  he  had  just  so  valiantly  achieved,  chose  forty  of 
his  most  active  men,  and  after  three  days'  march,  by  making  a  long 
rcuit,  arrive,  at  the  foot  of  a  fort  [at  Groton]  near  Hos'on,  and 
a  tacked  i   in  broad  day.     The  English  made  a  better  defence  than 

Sd  ;     r       ."""'.    ^:'-^^^'^'^'i"'^J-     '1 ---  '^-1  two  of  his  nephew 
kiUedbyhis  sule.and  himself  received  more  than  a  do.en  musket 
balls  in  his  clothes,  but  he  at  last  carried  the  place,  and  then  continue 
his  ravages  to  the  very  doors  of  the  capital. 
I  History  of  New  France.  IV.  257,  Shea's  edition.] 

The  following  reference  to  the  assault  is  found  in  the  re- 
port, made  October  26.  1694.  by  M.  Champigny.  to  the  Min- 
ister I  ontchartrain.  The  original  document  is  in  the  Archives 
ofthe  Marine  and  Colonies  at  Paris;  and  I  am  indebted  to 
Mr.  Pranc.s  Parkman,  the  distinguished  historian,  for  a  copy 
of  It :  —  ^  ^ 

These  Indians  did  not  stop  there  ;  fotir  parties  of  them  have  since 
been  detached,  who  have  been  within  half  a  day's  journey  of  Boston 
l>.  e.,  at  (.roton],  where  they  have  killed  or  captured  more  than  sixtv 
persons,  ravaged  and  pillaged  everything  they  found,  which  has  thrown 
all  the  people  into  such  consternation  that  they  are  leaving  the  oi)en 
country  to  seek  refuge  in  the  towns.  ' 


KING  WILLIAM'S  WAR. 


65 

M.,.sacl,u,s.,ts  Archive    no  s,:  ^Z'  "•  'T'  '"  ""^ 

«n.nsc.  ,,,„,,,:  2'.r :: :  z;'z  'tt  •"  i'-^ "™'» ->■ 

Judge  Scvvall.  in  his  Di.,,-,..  nn„tr,I  in  M,  .  ..  r  .,      • 
the  Massach,....,  riistoricai  sIk;:,;' •:,{'::  :_^""^"''""  "f 

Friday,  July   27.      (;rot„„   set  ni,,,,,    l.v  th  .    i    i- 

ki"U  ..  ..„„■.-,„„,,,,  ,„,„,  ,™„„r     '„        "'  -;;  -  P;-ons 

wick  romcs    to    Jiost.in        I'.f  ^'  "^'^"''  '\'r.   Lodo- 

TiK.  child  Sarah,  mctioncd  by  Scwall,  „,h  a  <h„,.M,tcr  „„lu 

urotoii  Hhu,  the  town  nas  previously  burned-  l,„t  -.r  ,i,- 
..n,o  he  «.a.,  set.led  over  .he  ,„d  South  Chnrcl     n         t. 

.i.e^a:dri:'h /;"'"  't  '-'^^^  "■^-  ^"""-^"^  -^-■'■-  to 

J"Iy   27.     Tlic  enemy  fell  upon  Groton  ab'  dav-break   lill .  1 
persons  ^:  Captivate.!  13.     (XIV.  128.)  '  '' 

5 


06 


KING   WILLIAM'S    VVAK. 


GovcM-nor  Hutchinson,  in  his  "History  of  the   Province  of 
Massachusetts  Bay."  published  durin-  the  followin^^  century 
writes  :  —  =".  •'' 

Havin^^.  cTosscl  iMnrima.k.  on  the  27th  of  (uly  [,694]  they  fell 
"I-n(.roton,ahout  40  n,iles  from  llos.on.  Th.y  were  repulsc.l  at 
l.ak,ns  t;arnsc.n  iu,use.  hut  tell  ,„u.n  other  houses,  where  the  people 
u.Te  o(f  tlieir  guanl,  an,l  killed  and  rarrie.l  away  from  the  vicinity 
^'iH.ut  (urtv  persons.  Toxus's  two  nephews  were  killed  l.y  his  side' 
an.I  he  had  a  do.en  hullets  throu,,h  his  Manket,  aeeording  to' 
C  hadevo.x,  who  adds  that  he  .arried  the  tort  or  gan-ison  an.l  d,en 
went  to  make  spoil  at  the  yates  of  lioston  ;  in  hoth  whi<:h  fa.ts  the 
I'reneh  aeeount  is  erroneous.      (I I.  82.) 


II. 

In  the  assault  of  Jnl>-,    ,694.  the  loss  on  the  part  of  the 
inhabitants  was  considerably  ^^n-cater  than  when  the  town  was 
destroyed  in  the  attack  of  ,r,;6.      It  is  said  that  the  scalps  of 
the  unfortunate  victims  were  -ivcn  to  the  Count  de  Fronienac 
governor  of  Canada.     A  laroe  majority,  and  perhaps  all,  of  the' 
prisoners  taken  at  this  titiie  were  children.     The  Indians  had 
learned  that  captives  had  a  market  value;   and  children,  when 
earned  off,  could  be  more  easily  .guarded  than  adults      It  wts 
more  profitable  for  the  savages  to  e.xchan.ne  prisoners  for  a 
ransont.  or  sell    them   to  the  iM-ench.  than  it  was  to  kill  them 
It  .s  now  too  late  to  ^^Wc  the  names  of  all  t!:.  sufferers,  but  a 
few  facts  in  regard  to  them  ma>-  be  -athered  from  fra-nnen- 
tary  sources.     The  f^nnilies  that  sufUM-ed  the  severest  lived,  fbr 
the  ,iio.st  part,  in  the  same  ,;eneral  neighborhood,  which  was 
near  the  site  of  the  first  meetin-house.     Lieutenant  William 
I;akms   house,  where  the   fight  began,   was   situated   in   the 
vicinit>-  of  Chicopee  Row. 


KIN(;    WILLIAMS    WAR.  g 

-  p-  col  •::;:^.:;:v^^ 

■sustained  by  the  t.nwK^                  •'PI^'-<>-^""ation  to  the  loss 

J"''"    I-ongley's    family    .     .                           '""''"'■  "'"""^"'• 

Kfv.  Mr.  Hohart's  „        .     * ^  3 

John  Shcijlcy's          []         \  ' 

James  Parker,  Jr. 's  ,''        / '     "^  •  ' 

Alexander  Rouse's   "        '••••••«  3  ? 

"        »  I 


:u-t,  th 


Mr.  Gcrshom  I  fob, 
turcd  in  tiiis  assault,  lived  wli 
'i"w  stands.      One  of  h 
•^'lom,  Jr.,  was 
■i  third  child 


IS 


carried  ofif.     'I'h 


e  minister,  whose  h 
c'l-e  the  ]^ai)tist 
boy 


oiise  w'as  c 


ap- 


s  was 


was  concealed  under  a  tub 


meetintr-hou.sc 

'^■■illcd,  and  another,  Gcr- 

c-'-c"  is  a  traditicMi  extant  that 


saved  from  the  fury  of  th 


in  the  cell, 


his  D 


lar 


y.  iiniier  the  date  of  M 


e  savages. 


H'.  'ind  thu,>. 


iMr.  H 

hove  Ne 


<>l)arts  .son  Gershom 
ngawas  [Norri<!uc„-„( 


ly  I,  1695 


}i^f-lg^  Sewall  writes  i 


n 


K')<)d  Master,  and  Mistress. 


i-^  well  at  a  uvw  Fort  a  (h,ys  J 
'■kj,  Masters  name  is  N 


IS 


absent 


Maste 


'••  IS  ihief  CajJtain,  now  1 


assaeombewit. 


ncy 


Bambazeen 


ill 

m 
m 


n 


INf 


It 


iss^icliiiseits  H 


isluiiral  Cdllfcti 


"IS  V.  Filth  J 


scries. 


is  not  known 


403,  .(0_|. 


exactly  when  I 


it>-,  but  probably  not  Ion-  aft 
Shcpley  monument 


ic  was  rescued  fr 


.y:  afterwards.     Th 


om  captiv 


Shcpl 


I's  in  Grotc 


says  that  " the  Ind 
"1  save  a  John  .Sheple  16 


c  inscription  on  tlu 
lans  massacred  all  tlu 


earned  captive  to  Canada  and  1 
c  returned  to  Groton  and  from  I 


3'carsold\vhothe[yl 
q)t  him  4  years,  after  which 


or  Shepleys  in  this  \ 


how 
II 


many  there    w 


^cmiiy--  but  there  i 


li'H  descended  all  the  Shenl 


■^"'•e    in  this   family.       M,- 


])les 
s  no  record  to  show 


but 


'<"i  any  number.     I 


Hull 


or,    III 


lis 


<-ioes  not  ment 


five,  which 


"s  conjectural;   of  tl 


lis  numb 


"y  the  .same  statement, 
"  "ly  list  it  is  placed  at 


-^lain.     Sheplev  lived  ,u    ••         ^'"^"^'"^^^''-  P'^^'bably  four  were 

<"^-  from  the  ^i :'.  m^  ;^'%:''?^^^?"'^  '''^-'  --  ^^--t^ 

t" 'common.       nie  knowledoe  which  the  boy 


'■  t!  1 


nn 


■m 


68 


KING   WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


Jolin  obtained  of  their  langunsc  and  customs,  while  a  prisoner 
among  the   Indians,  \va     of  nnieh  use   to   liim   in    after-life. 
Tradition  relates  that,  when  buying  furs  and  skins  of  them,  he 
used  to  put  his  foot  in  one  scale  of  the  balance  instead  of  a 
pound  weight.     In  the  summer  of  1704,  while  he  and  thirteen 
other  men  were  reaping  in  a  field  at  Groton,  they  were  at- 
tacked  by  about  twenty  Indians.     After  much  skirmishing, 
Shepley  and  one  of  his  comrades,  Butterfield  by  name,  suc- 
ceeded  in  killing  one  of  the  assailants,  for  which  act  they 
each  were  allowed  four  i)ounds  by  the  government.     He  was 
the    direct  ancestor  of   the   late  Honorable   TLther  Shei)lcy, 
of  Portland,  formerly  Chief  Justice  of  the  .Supreme  Court  of 
the  State  of  Maine,  and  of  his  son,  the  late  General  George 
Foster  Shepley,  formerly  a  Justice  of  the  Circuit   Court  of 
the  First  Circuit  of  the  United  States. 

Shepley's  petition  to  the  General  Court,  wliich  gives  the 
particulars  of  the  attack,  is  as  follows  :  — 

2b  his  Excellency  Joseph  Dudley  Es<f  Cap'  General  and  Govermf, 
in  Chief  in  ^  over  her  M,jf:^  I'rovinces  of  the  Massachusetts-Bay 
dN'"  in  Neiv  En-land  To  the  Ilon"f  her  Maf-^  Council  in  s'  Prov- 
ince  and  To  the  Hoti!':;  the  House  of  Representatives  now  convened  in 
General  Assembly  7oith in  &-  for  said  Trovince,     Octolf.  25?  1704. 

The  Hunil)]e  i'etition  of  John  Sliepley  of  Groton  Sheweth 
Tliat  wiicn  Major  Taylor  was  at  (Iroton,  having  drawn  off  most  of" 
his  men  from  the  place,  and  marched  to  Col.  Tyngs  yo;  Petitioner  and 
Thirteen  men  more  being  some  reaping  and  y^  rest  Warding  in  a  ffield 
at  (Jroton  afores'.'  the  Indians  to  the  numl)er  of  about  twenty  came 
upon  them  when  yor  Petitioner  and  the  rest  betook  themselves  to  their 
Arms,  and  three  others  being  along  with  yo^  I'etitioner,  the  Indians  ran 
round  the  ffield  Xr  met  them  ^:  tlie  s'.'  Indians  made  several  shott  at  the 
English,  but  amongst  the  rest  one  lusty  stout  Indian  with  a  holland 
shirt  on  ran  about  8  or  10  Rodd  side  by  side  with  yof  Petitioner  i^ 
the  otlier  3  men  in  his  Company,  about  10  Rodd  to  the  right  hand  of 
them  when  he  fired  upon  us,  and  as  soon  as  he  had  fired  y./  I'etitioner 
fireil  being  loaded  with  a  slugg  c^  another  of  the  Company  at  the  same 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


69 


rr><l   out,     I  here  were  3   of  our  first   C:ompanv  kill',1   n.   , 

...   I.»  1.0,,,  „,,  scalp  ,.i„«  ..„.  ,„  .„  ,„  ,,,,„,„^^,;  i*; 

Vu'  IVtitioncr  .hcrcfoa.  h„ml,|y  pr.,y,  y„,  ,,:,,,„^,„  , 

akj.  ,  c-  prcnmc,  ,„,„  yo;  c„„.Mcra.i.,„  and  1,,  ,„ay  ,,,  .J 
such   LncouVaso,,,;  for  hi.  »,„,|,,   ,,„,;„  „^  „,^  ',„,'";=' 

and  yo^  Petitioner  shall  pray  &-" 

Octob'  26"'  1704.  J""-''  Sheplev. 

In  Council, 

Read  and  sent  down. 

On  the  back  of  the  petition  is  written  :-- 

In  the  House  of  Representatives 
Octo^27:   ,704  Read  and 

;».;-.  .>oou,„„.„h„.,„,h..aa„».a:;\h:i,^^ 

Sot  up  for  Concurrence  '"" "  ^°'"'""'-  ^P*'' 

in  Council, 
Die  pdict.  • 

Read  and  Concurr'd 

Xs  f  Addington  Secry. 

iKnclorscd!  t   i      01      ,     . 

J  ohn  Shepley^s  Petition  Octor  j  704 
IMassachusctts  Archives,  \XX.  496,  .^97.] 

ccrheld  subsequently  obtained  an  additional  siinrofte  .^ult 


M 


ti 


II 


70 


KING    WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


!ii 


from  the  public  treasury  in  consequence  of  his  services  and 
the  loss  of  his  accoutrements.  The  application  for  help, 
dated  April  lo.  1706,  is  printed  on  page  95;  and  from  this 
document  it  apj^ears  that  Hutterfield  was  captured  with 
anotlier  man  at  this  time,  and  a  third  one  was  killed.  The 
attack  occurred  in  the  month  of  August,  1704. 

A  petition  to  the  General  Court,  dated  May  31,  1699,  and 
signed  by  Josiah  Parker,  says  that  "  James  Parker  Jun'  Brother 
to  yo^  humble  Pet^  was  killed,  with  his  Wife,  several  of  his 
Children  also  were  then  carryed  away  Captive."  In  the  list  of 
casualties  I  have  placed  the  number  of  these  children  at 
three,  which  is  conjectural  on  my  part.  The  site  of  Parker's 
house  is  unknown. 

The  petition  for  the  relief  of  the  family  is  as  follows;  — 

I'KOVIME  OK  Y'-   Massachi'skits  ]!ay  :  xMay  31-1    1699 
To   his   Excdlcm-y    The  Right  Ho,i'';   Richard  Eark  of  BeUomont 
Govenw:  in  Chief  of  his  Majesties  Province  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  in  Neio  England  and  to  f  Hon";  /  Council  and  Representa- 
tives m  Gen'!  Court  Assemlded 

The  Petition  of  Josiah  Parker  of  Cambridge  humbly  shew'eth 
That  whereas  in  the  year  1693  [1694?]  the  In.lian  enemy  made  an 
assault  upon  the  Town  of  Croton  in  wliich,  among  otliers  James 
Parker  Jun^  IJrother  to  yo'  humble  l>et";  was  killed,  witii  his  Wife, 
several  of  his  Children  also  were  tiien  carryed  away  Captive,  one  of 
which  named  Phinehas  Parker  something  less  than  a  year  ago  was  (by 
a  Master  of  a  Vessell  Ijf  longing  to  Ipswich )  redeemed  from  the  Indians 
at  y'--  Eastward  :  which  said  Master  has  been  reimbursed  by  yo.^  Pet"/ 
w^''  is  to  the  Value  of  about  six  pounds  in  Money. 

The  earnest  reciuest  of  yof  humble  Pet^  to  yo'  Excellency  &  to  this 
Hon'^  Court  is  that  you  would  please  to  consider  him  .H:  that  allow- 
ance may  be  made  him  out  of  the  publiek  'i'reasury  for  what  he  has 
disbiirst  Also  he  desires  humbly  that  you  would  please  something  to 
consider  the  said  Phinehas  who  is  a  poor  Orphan  now  about  twelve 
years  old,  and  is  like  wise  lame  of  one  of  his  Leggs  occasioned  by  ^^' 
cruelty  ot  y^  Salvages  and  it  is  very  <|uestional)le  whether  ever  he  will 


KING    WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


cs  and 

m  this 
1  witli 
.     The 


7' 


be  <:„rc,l,  &  has  little  c,r  nothing  left  him  of  his  Fathers  estate  for  1  • 

Iwcr  to  I'ray,  c\:c 

'     Ji.ne  3  1699  Read  ,st  tyme  ''"'""    ' '"'''^'^ 

June  6'"  1699  read  a  2'.'  time,  June  7'"  read  n    ,"'  t;,..  1  ^r       , 


Sent  up  for  Concurrence 


{Massachusetts  Ardiivcs,  |,\\'.  .jur.) 


Jam  :'  CdNVERSK 


^crl  t  ..,  '         ;  Twt-''™''  "'^''■'P  F"™"™"''.  i"  a  man,,- 
^c   in  account  of  VV.ll.an,  L„„.|,y,  „„„  ,„  „,,  i^^^,, 

NcLnglrf  Historic  Genealogical  Society,  »„,,  tluu  ...wo 
.    h,s  naghbors  named  Rouse"  were  killed  in  the  sanre  „,as- 

uice    by    Mr.    l-an,snortl,    ii  to   bin,  and   bis  wife      There 
was  one  ■.  Taraasin  R„„ce  of  Crotten  .'  received  January  ,, 

if   r®b,7  "  ""■    ■"""-■'-■  ''""^-y  •"  CascoBay;   and 
she,  doubtless,  was  r.  daughter.     ( .Vrchives.  LXX.  399  )     Two 

com„,,ss,oners  had  been  sent  to  Casco  liay,  in  orde.  to  u,ake 

a  treaty  of  peace  w,th  the  Indians,  and  to  bring  away  the 

pnsoners.     One  of  the  conmissioncrs  '.took  certain  Minutes 

on  Mather   ,n  h,s  Magnalia,  gives  his  re.iders  what  he  calls 
a  Ta.ste  of  them..'     Mather   speaks  of  the  little  girl,  and 
says;  —  ^ 

J-^'-^f  ^ent  7V.o..a.„  J^onse,  a  Child  of  about  Ten  Years  ol.l, 
unto  the  V  ater-sKle  to  carry  something.  The  Child  cried  :  He  took 
a  Sfck  and  struck  her  down  :  She  lay  for  Dead  :   He  took  her  up  and 


-  ■  i 


;r^ 


'(I; 


72 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


Among  the  "  Nanis  of  thos  Remaining  Still  in  hands  of 
the  french  at  Canada,"  found  in  a  document  dated  October, 
1695,  are  those  of  "  Lidey  Langly  gerl"  and  "Jn"  Shiply 
boy."  In  this  list  the  residences  of  both  these  children  are 
incorrectly  written,  Lydia's  being  given  as  Dover,  New  If  amp- 
shire,  and  John's  as  Oyster  River.  They  both  belonged  in 
this  town,  and  were  taken  at  the  assault  of  July  27,  1694. 
The  name  of  Thomas  Drew  appears  in  the  same  list  as  of 
Groton,  which  is  a  mistake,  as  he  was  of  Oyster  River 
(Archives,  XXXVIII.  A  2.) 

This  expedition  against  Groton  was  planned  in  part  by  the 
Indians  at  a  fort  called  Amsaquonte  above  Norridgcwock,  in 
Maine.     It  was  arranged  also  in  the  plan  of  operations  that 
Oyster  River  — now  Durham,  New  Hampshire  —  should  be 
attacked  on  the  way ;  and  the  assault  on  that  town  was  made 
July  18,   nine  days  before  the  one  on  Groton.     At  Oyster 
River  more  than  ninety  persons  were  either  killed  or  cap- 
tured;  the  prisoners  from  the  two  towns  appear  to  have  been 
taken  to  Maine,  where  they  were  brought  frequently  together 
during   their    captivity.      On   January  21,  1695,  Lieutenant- 
Governor  William  Stoughton  issued  a  proclamation,  in  which 
he  refers  to  the  "  tragical  outrages  and  barberous  murders  " 
at   Oyster  River  and  Groton.     He  says   that  several  of  the 
prisoners  taken  at  these  places  "  are  now  detained  by  the  said 
Indians  at  Amarascoggin  and  other  adjoining  places."  ^ 

Hczekiah  Miles,  alias  Hector,  a  friendly  Indian,  at  one 
time  a  captive  in  the  enemy's  hands,  made  a  deposition 
before  the  Lieutenant-Governor  and  Council,  at  Boston,  May 
31,  1695,  stating  that,  — . 

in  the  month  of  July  1694.  there  was  a  gathering  of  the  Indi- 
ans at  the  said  new  Fort  [Amsaciuonte]  and  prei)arations  to  go  forth 
to  war,  and  that  two  or  three  days  l)cfore  they  intended  to  set  out,  they 
kild  and  boyld  several  dogs,  and  held  a   I-east,  wliere  was  present 

1  Documents  relating  to  the  Colonial   History  of  the  State  of  New  York 
IX.  61-;,  614.  ' 


KING   WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


71 


Lgcrcne  ,  Lomasecn,    Varnmbee,  .K:  Ahasombamet  with  divers  others 
of  the   ch.ef  among  them,  they  discourse.l  of  falling  ..pon  Oyste; 
K>ver  and  Croton  ;  and  liomaseen  was  to  con,mand  one  o    the  Com 
pany,  .V  the  day  before  they  intended  to  set  forth,  myself  with  f"  r 
Inchans  more  were  .lespatched  away  to  Canada  with  a  Letter  fron       e 
yar  and  were  upon  our  Voyage  thither  and  back  again  about  ffou  " 
^s  and  brought  down  about  two  barrels  of  powder,  shot  pn.porti^  - 
able  .V  some  fne  armes.     About  the  time  of  our  return,  the  Indi"  s 
came  m  after  tiie  Mischief  done  at  Oyster  River  .S:  (;  oton  a       in 
partK^ular  I  saw  i.omaseen  in  his  Canoo,  which  was  well  t  e.^    e" 
was  two  Lnghsh  Captives,  some  s<:aips.  and  a  large  pack  of  rhm^ 
•.rough    „.  that  Canoo,  and  Hon.aseen  two  or  three-  days  after  W 
return  home  went  away  to  Canada. 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  VIII.  39.) 

Ann  Jenkins,  in  a  deposition  given  June  i ,.  1695.  testifies 
that  she  was  taken  on  July  .8,  ,6,4.   at  Oyster  ^Lr.  at^ 

with  nine  Captives  more  were  Carrie<l  up  to  penecook  &  were  Left 
wuh  J  hree  Indjans  .S:  that  party  went  to  Croaten  liouKt^een  being  th  h 
Co,.mander.     In  mne  dayes  they  returned  cS:  brought  twelue  Capt    e 
.^  f  om  thence  w.th  the.r  Cannoes  sometimes  a  float  ^-  sonKnime   Car 
n.i  unt.l  that  we  Came  to  Norridgeawocke  which  tooke  u       f L^n 
layes  .V  sta.ed  about  two  months  there  then  .lispersed  into    he  woo 
tvvoe  or  thre  families  in  a  place  .^  kept  Ren.oveing  toe  and  f  oe  st"i 
.ng  about  a  week  in  a  place  untill  they  brought  vst  down  to  ,    L^  • , 
A:  delivered  vss  to  Cap'  March.  ' 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  VIII.  40] 

Tl,c.  story  of  William  and  Deliverance  Longle/s  family  is  a 
sad  one  to  relate.  They  were  liring,  „,,„  thdr  d,ht  children 
on  a  small  farm,  perha„s  a  mile  and  a  ,unrtcr  fr„„^  the  villa"' 
on  the  cast  s,de  of  the  Mollis  road.  Their  honsc  was  bnilttl' 
enturv°''-n  "T,  "■■'m''""'  '•"  '"'  '''^Sinning  of  the  present 
t.nctly  v.s.ble    fort,^  years   a,;,,,,,   and   traces  of  it  co.dd    be 


■  .Si  I 


1     H 


!l. 


i 


74 


KING  WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


i> 


seen  even  to  very  modern  times.  The  site  of  this  house  has 
recently  been  marked  by  a  monument  bearing  the  followinL^ 
inscription :  —  ** 


HERE   DWELT 

WILLIAM    AND    DELIVERANCE    LONGLEY 

WITH   TIIKIR    Kir.HT   ClIILDKEN. 

On  tmk  27T11  oi-  July  1694 

THE    INDIANS    KILLED   THE    EATIIEK   AND    MOTHER 

AND    FIVE   UK  THE   CHILDREN 

AND    CARRIED     INTO    CAPTIVITY 

THE   OTIIEK    THREE. 


It  was  erected   in  the  autumn  of  1879,  at  the  expense  of 
the  town,  on  hind  generously  given  for  the  puroose  by  Mr 
Zechariah  Fitch,  the  present  owner  of  the  farm. 

On  the  fatal  morning  of  July  27,  1694,  the  massacre  of  this 
family  took  place.     The  savages  appeared  suddenly,  coming 
from    the    other   side   of   the   Me-imack    River,  and   began 
the  attack  at  Lieutenant  William  Lakin's  liouse,  where  they 
were  repulsed  with  the  loss  of  one  of  their  number.     They 
followed  it  up  by  assaulting  other  houses  in  the  same  neigh- 
borhood.    They  made  quick  work  of  it,  and  left  the  town 
as    speedily   as    they   came.      With    the   exception    of  John 
Shepley's  house,  it  is  not  known  that  they  destroyed  any  of 
the  buildings ;   but  they  pillaged  them  before  they  departed. 
They   carried   off  thirteen  prisoners,  mostly  children, —  and 
perhaps  all,  — who  must  have  retarded  their  march.     There 
is  a  tradition  that,  early  in  the  morning  of  the  attack,  the 
Indians   turned    Longlcy's  cattle   out  of  the  barnyard '  into 


KING   WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


75 

the  cornfield,  and  then  lay  i,i  anibml,       ri     ~.  ^~ 

unarmed,  in  order  to  drive  tlic  cit,?  h  ,  ,  "'"'■ 
-murdered,  ,..„d  ail  his  fan  ly  X  k^t  "'"  '" 
tured.      riic   bodir^  c^f  fi,       i  •  '^'^'    "*■    cap- 

a  few  rod.,  nord^erf  ^'..t'Lr  T'  Z  '""  ^'^•"' ' 
S'-owina  over   the   spot,  and    a  Z,      ,  '    "W''^-'™ 

k^und,  for  many  yc.rs  r'nisll"        '^"'»' , ^■^'="  "''I'    "'o 

-tin«.p,aee  of  t^,i^  unfor;;,'::!  Hy"",  ',  tl'^i  ''"  '"'" 
disappeared.  ^'         ^"^'^^  "'»^'l'  now 

William  Longley  was  town-clerk  in  the  ye.r  ,6S.        ,     , 
from  1692  till  his  death  in  160.  •  ,,,,1      i  ^'  '"'"^  '''''" 

--  '<iii-l.  i-^  had  mad-  2ts   i     :i:7""""^"'^''^^^-^^^-^ 
father.  William  LonHey   Sen     d  ^        '"  ''''''''^'-     ^^''^ 

ing  the  years    .666^^;^  ^'     i^  ^^,^-"  ^^--lerk.  dur- 

The  father  was  one  of  the  ea^l j"t    ^  ^^^^   "  '''  "'" 
as  the  owner  of  a  i-Iii.-H,  -.         •   ,        ""''^^  °f  ^'^^  town,  as  well 

children    '.2lo^-::'JZZ:''''^'T  "' "''  '"- 
Lydia  was  sold  to  tl„   r.       ,         ,°    '  ""'   ^''"'"  '"  '-•■nada. 

<>fN6tre,u:,':re;i'rnt:rt.r''^-^'""^'^^'^^^^^ 

«K-  Ronran  Catholic  faith,  and  Id  jn,; '7^;;.;  T''^^^' 
vanced  awofei'rhtv-fo..r  ,-<..         n  "      ^^   '  '^^  "'^'  ^d- 

capture,  f™,,,  1  m,  ,  er  "  d  ev  ''  '"'' "'"'''"'  '"""  '""■  '"-'^ 
-n>ai„ed  with  thXlies  Tr;  ti;""  I"""'  ""  "■'"■  ^'>""' 
was  ransomed  and  br™.  „      „.  °  "-^     '  '  f""' >■«-.  uhen  he 

A.  one  time  during  hisi:  I)  ;  ^ tr:':'  '^ '™" '""■ 
»tarvn,g,  when  an  Indian  kindly  ,  1,  i'^,"  f^'^'^'^  "' 
gnaw,   wh  ch  for   the  fim,>  ,  *^°^ '^   ^°«t  to 

'— n  amon,  his  c^t^ras^'iT "  „   ty"""?^    Z'^'  "'- 
home,  his   sister   Lvdii  w.^f     r       ^"^'^"^y-     ''^ft^i-  he  came 

abiurethoIVctestt     :,.      ;.  ^M,  "'"'"   "■^"'^'  '"'"   '" 
faith  of  his  early  instructton  '  '""'"""''  '""^  '"  ">= 

1  heir  grandmother,  the  widow  of  ]!     ■      •     ^ 
I'cr  will   April    ,,      rJ  ,    ""^ '*'=">'"""  Crispe.  made 

'"  --^^^^  cotn;ty;r't,:'-,;-.--- .;;  ^^ 


V|/ 


■tf: 


i«i'l 


fe5.r 


A: 


r^n 


1; 


nil 


76 


KING  WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


bcr;    and   in   it   slu.-    remembered  these   absent  children  as 
follows :  — 

1  give  and  becjueath  Vnto  my  three  Orand-Childrcn  y'  arc  in  Caj)- 
tivity  if  they  returne  Vi/.dt  three  books  one  of  y  a  biljle  another  a 
Sermon  booke  treating  of  faith  and  the  otiier  a  psalme  book. 

The  old  lady  herself,  doubtless,  had  read  the  "  Sermon 
booke  treating  of  f.iith ;  "  and  it  mii  "  have  strengthened  her 
belief  in  bivinc  wisdom,  and  been  a  great  consolation  in  her 
trials.  She  did  not  know  at  this  time  that  her  granddaughter 
was  a  convert  to  the  Roman  Catholic  faith.  The  knowledge 
of  this  fact  would  have  been  to  her  an  aftliction  scarcely  less 
than  the  massacre  of  her  daughter's  family. 

John  Longley  returned  about  the  time  that  his  grandmother 
died;  and  subsequently  he  fdled  many  important  offices  in 
the  church  and  town.  Like  his  father  and  grandfather,  he  was 
the  town-rlerk  during  several  years.  The  following  paper 
signed  i  y  him  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  New  Ln gland 
Historic  Genealogical  Society:  — 

John  Longley  of  Groton  of  about  fifty  four  Years  of  age  Testifyes 
&  Saith  That  he  was  Taken  Captive  by  the  Lidians  at  Groton  in  July 
1694.  and  Lived  in  Captivity  with  them  More  than  four  Years  ;  And 
the  Two  Last  years  antl  an  half  at  Penol)Sc:ot  as  Servant  to  Madoca* 
wando  of  s''  Penobscot  Anil  he  was  always  Accounted  as  Chief  or  ( )ne 
of  y':  Chief  Sachems  or  Captains  among  the  Lidians  tliereand  I  have 
Often  Seen  the  Indians  Sitting  in  Comicil  When  he  always  Sat  as 
Chief:  Am!  Once  in  perticuler  I  Observed  a  present  was  made  1  im  of 
ji  Considerable  Number  of  Skins  of  Considerable  Valine  As  an  Ac- 
knowledgement of  his  Superiority, 

John  Longlev 

Midil!'  ss.     Groton  July  24"'  i  7^56. 

Deacon  John  Longley  above  named  personall>  appearing  MadtJ 
Oath  to  y?  Truth  of  the  above  written  Testimony. 

Before  me  Benj.'  Prescott  Jus'  of  peace, 
jKnox  Manuscripts,  Waldo  Tapers,  I..  13.] 


KING   WILLIAM'S   VVAK. 


_  7; 

In  the  month  of  FnK/   ix-?-   r         •    », 

Coiifirc^.a.on  of  Notre   Dame   -i  conu    .   m       "' '""  '^^  t'>^' 

"f  tlK-  Sfa.  rs  of  ,he  w"        '  ""^^  ''T  ""-"">  "'  '!"•■  house 
Ma,lcld,,c.     „„,o„,,  w  "   f  M    „  "';«"•'"'""";■':  -"»  ^l-l-"o  Mario 

con,.,... L... .:.!;'-:-;- --^ 

MADEl.tiM.;   DUPONT, 

Lkijer, 

After  this  attack  of  JuFy  .7  th.  t,nv„  „a.  left  i„  .,,,,•, 
cnccl  c,rc,„„,.anccs,  and  .,,..  i„|,,,,3i,,„i,  ,,„„,  i    ji^  „    "   ; 
meet  the  den,a,nls  niade  on  them      I„  tl,; 
peftionccl   the   Gen- ral   Cou        or    ,eief    ,    '"f  ""'"'^  "--y 

To  f/if  Himoml  GcncraU  Court  - 
t.ttcr,ncapaut>.,n  present  crcumslanrcs  without  appar  nt  wrong  to 


Pi 


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KIN(.    U  II  I  lA.M's    WAI{ 


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l<-'""i.'.|  niv.ii  pMn.ill   Coml,    «Hh    1m.iI,  ,.ni    huinM.^   priii,..,,   .iimI   ,, 

•llo'N.IV    ,.{    ,MI1     .,IM.|||I..|I        OUI    |.(ll>,|.    I.   Ilul     «,•     lll.U     II     II     |„.     \.,in 

'"""""■'•'''■  I'l'' '•'I"'  I"  I' null  11.  ,.ui  ,iv„s,m,'iil   ,ii„l   not   pmi   i,s  ,||m, 

'"■'    ""•^"■'l'l<'    MH,,;IU..    \     MiMM.-,     11,,.,    «..    I„.,„|.U    |,..|„.„.  , 

li'.'l  ".•  II,,, >  i„.|  Ih'  ih.Mi^l.l  „„|„.,ih  I,,  „„h.|,,,w  V  -,l,.M,Mri  l,,.„, 
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l'<'l'l  i» -I'UM.I  ..,,1  .oiuliiiM  lui,.,,-  ^o,l^  lioiioiv.l  scjiics:  „,,i  i..  i,,,, 
l'.i«  k  \t',  \   111, 

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I'\  «l,l.  I,  l-V  s.MlU-  ,s  .,l!rvl;;r.l  .,s  .,„  .l,.;m,u.„|  .IK.UIIM  lis.  Nrll  Irll 
KiMM',1  ImiII  s|.r.,k  v\  llu-  I, 111. .11  ,1,1,1  ,  ..|11„,UI,,..|1  lli.t  ,.iu|v  Ol  ll.lllll.lll. 
1>UI    .l„,sl,,,„   s>.,„•t\,•^   |,,,,„.    ,1^  .„',;„„,^.|,|    ,,,,,1    ,1    uill   ulj     ,,s    ,,|     I  .r.,li,li;' 

""r  .iii..ilin\  |.„i.ir„s,  ,1,1.1  ol  ilui  smiMlhni.  k  |.i,.i.ril\  ii,,,|  ,^,  !, 
"•'"".ill  Inulv  \  i,,i,>.,i,illv  ouj;lit  to  W  l.oili  ,„  .  vx  ,11  \  pol.i,.  k  ,,Im.  • 
•""•  tlu'ut..,.-  Nvi,,,i,.x.t  Pui  .,llal,^..l  i.,,m.|(hI,o-s  ,,u-.  or  lu„r  1„„.  wi- 
.'t.^lu  lu.i  to  Uc  li,u.l:;r.l  tlinu.  lor  „uKol  .uir  o,ii  cil^c  \  ,|,st.,i,i 
I  iMi),^  luih  1,1,1  ,n  ihrM'  iiuus  ot  l,,u-  ,,»i„l|  .!r.,l„,j;  'our  Juni  \ 
'l.ixu:;.-  Lotli  ,is  to  |,M.„>  \  rM,it.>  iuvomul  lui.vu'll  wuh  .uiv  iii- 
^^.u.l  l\.vMu-s,  ,.  ,,|,,„u.  X  uiulnu.il.K-  U.mm.,i  \  .„o„nuMU  is  tv.ulv  to 
l>i'  ;;i\ill. 

-•  llu-  pioNuK-na-  ot  v  « ,s..  lUnl.  .1,>1  oi.ln  ,t  Tlut  vnv  ,u,-,rvo„s 
t>^M,l.k>o„u.  .uul  inort.iil  >u  kiu'ss...  «.„  .„iio„„.,  us  tiu>  kiM  ^c[u  U  « li 
«i-  Nx.'U-  lu.t  onrlv  UMM.iial  .  on>ulnvl>l\  iii  our  muul.ns.  Inn  .Icmiuii- 
wlu.I  m  o,„  ost.it.s  1,  LniiK  m.  .rtin.iU  lli.„  o,k'  .ouM  tiot  iuH-  V 
>'tlHT  !>x  ^N  h  .ov.it  duv^c  o(  lVur>  r.uiH-  u,.r.  us.  Kkm-  o(  ^  ^..,^011- 
.«Mv  1  .i!H-ur  ot  ou,  mlul.it.uus.  to  tlu'  itul.uii.i^^m.  tlu-  i'.st.,tc-s  oi  y 
most,  univvovi-ivvl  l.\  in.uu  to  tin-,  .l.iv. 

.;  »o  mu;lit  ;uM  on,  ro.iM.mt  im  tlu'so  I,it^>  tinu-s)  stamlin-  upon 
our  j;u.if.l.  .uul  .  onsuU-r.il.k.  duir^o.  of  UuUnv^  \  tvp.utuii;  tort>.  for 
I'wi  o«iu-  .uul  tlu-  .ouutrvrs  ..uh .  x  saunuj;  tlinr  tiuji-stvos  suLjcvts 
botli  luMv,  .uul  Ul  tho  inmost  pl.uis. 

4    This   \o.us   MM,    .uui  .lululItiouMos  In  V  l.uo  .U'.uh.s  cipus  itvcs 


KIN(;    UillJAM'S    WAR 


79 


•""I  '"iisniiK-m  incsfrycs.  wlurtl.y  «.■  I 


VM.osf    .•.(..Irs    ii„.   nil,,.,-.  MMI.h    IcsM'llc.l 


"^1  m'mtjII  iil.lr  v;iliiMi.  | 


IVIIIS. 


'""  "•'"'':   '"'^i'l''  l-y  in.vil.il.li'  I, 


'"     'I'lllOVf.l    |,y   otluTS.  out 


<i|    dill      I'owiic    |||:|| 


^''  "I  .  „rm-,  h   is   |ii,|^r,.,|  |,y 


'  ""''I  I'i'i  .11   l.sl  <.r  our  luii 


iii.iiii 


l«»">l  ;    :IM.I   MOW  Ol    lillf  ,,M.MS    h,uu'    |,UI    I 

.V  luy  luivsl,  |„.si,|..  (I,,.  |,,„„|  ol  Co.l 

miirli  Misled,  tiol  liill 

"""  I'  '"I".  «V  •l.uuiiilNcI,  il.M 


I'"'  <  nriii-,  is  wholy 


oriiiv 


I'  :i  tisiiall  rn 


iindicd   iiiiii  h   ill   ilicir 

"I"'"  ""I-  IlllslKiiulry.  ;is  (o  ry, 


'I'  •">''  !•}■  iMily  frost.  ||„| 


laii  <  (iriif 


"""'••"<"  •'•'VMiK  l"i  iMllr  V   V.Mr  tlirouKh  :'  I'l 
\   roiidiiioii   to  y,„|,-  I 


^'•\»-i.ill  laiiiihrs  will  1,1.  at   a   lossc  C 


or 


Kiiioiirs  si'rioiis  (oiisidciaiioii  I 


HIS    lAMvillj;  „||r    |K.|j,,|, 


s.'f.   ivasoii   to  indiilp.   us   in   ilial   ,„at 


'"I""K  you  may 


•"";"i"«  V  K'-.l  toduv.|.\  pivsi.lr,  and  hi 


''•'■  !'i;iyiii^  to  Cod  wl 


lit  setts 


••"'•>nsto.on.|iide.V  dctniiiiii..  «lut  may  I 
weal  \'  pidspcrilv.  of  ij 


;ill  duty  >V  scr 


H'M'  |)!aiitalion,  we  ii'si  and 


iss.',  your  jisoiis  \'   < onsiil- 
><'  lor  y    i.resent  \.   (iiti,,^^, 


\  KC 


ivniaiiu'  yt)iirs  in 


.l-""rs  I'arkerSen':    \\,ll,a,n  l,akeii  Sen'.  Sel 


ol    V    Sile.  t 


""•"  I'.V  v    \"at  ol   y     I'.mneor  ( 


|M.I>s.u  juisi  lis    ,\l.  Il 


*'<l   men   in  the  nan 
iroloii  : 


^fN  ex  III  Si)  I 


r 

lorth  ih 


'"   "'."Im.i;  this    i'eiiiio,,   ,,f  tlu'    Inl 


I'll'  K't'.il  disti 


i;iliit. lilts  of  ( 


i"^-'  .111(1  iiiipoNt'r 


roton  Settii 


H'ii'li-  upon  tlieni  In  tlu-  jjiemv  I 


isiiiii   l.ynasoii  of  the  desol, 


'K 


itions 


their  proportion  t..  the  last  piiMi,  k   I 
••^iiin  ol   j.'irtv  pounds. 


'■•lyiiiK  to  \>v   I'lasi'd  and  abated 


a\  or  A 


ol 


ssessin'  aniouiitii 


'K  'o  Ihi 


Noted. 

I'li.il  the  said   Town  he  ahaled 


I'ouii.ls.  and  th.ii   M:    I 


hal: 


ri'asiirer  do  S 


""'  '""*'  "I'l"'  ;irores'  Sum  of  |. 


.'  until  the  I'ifteentli  dav  of  I  )e 


'i-^l'i'ii'l   tlir  eallini,r  f,„.  ,] 


Willi  to  proportion  th 


I'  same  u 


fiaiiher  lu'xt.     The  A 
l""i  "iH'ir  liihahitanf  and 


iM  lliereol  unto  their  Constahlc-s.  so  that  t| 


ittv 


u'  other 

ssi'ssor  forth- 

to  commit  the 


Oetol 


I0( 


)4  :    I  .isl  in    tlie   all 


U'\'  may  he  eoljeet 


nil 


si'iit.ilives  and  sent  up  to  his  lis-  .,,,,1 


"■'"•"ivc   In  the   house  of  Re| 


i'ouiK  il  lor  Consent 


ire- 


Vot 


\ 


;i  ••oneurreiue  in  Couiieil.  ,ho  jnhil 


I'll  .MiAii  JKwirr  speaker 


I  ilndoisciil 
\'oto  for  ahat 


I-s'  Aduinciox  Secfv 


I'liient  to  Croton.  Oct"   iG 


94- 


IM 


iss.icliustMts  Archives,  t'\li|.  ,j-  j 


•  ^.£m 


8o 


KING    WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


it 


Uh    ■     lll>.>! 


I  I 

'        ■hV.. 


Lieutenant-Governor  William  Stou^rhton  writes  from  Bos- 
ton, September  5,  1695,  to  Captain  James  Converse:  — 

I  order  That  at  your  next  passing  over  Merrimack  with  your  Com- 
pany towards  Dunstaljlc  c\:c  That  you  advise  with  Majr  Henchman  and 
M'  Jon.'  'i'ing  concerning  the  posting  yo^  men  in  the  several  Frontiers 
of  Dunstable,  liilrica  Chelmsford  (Iroton,  Lancaster  and  Marlboro  for 
the  better  inforcem'  of  the  (iarrisons  there  c^  maintaining  a  good 
brisk  Scout  for  the  discovery  of  the  Enemy  to  prevent  their  annoying 
of  those  Towns  during  the  Harvest  Season,  ... 

(Massachusetts  Archives,  LI.  44. | 

In  accordance  with  this  order,  ei-ht  men  were  posted  at 
Groton  ;  soon  afterward  there  were  nine,  of  wiiom  seven  were 
inhabitants  of  the  town. 

Captain  James  Converse  writes  from  Woburn  ;  — 

^  \  WooiiouuNK  (7i"-  V-   71,1'  (1696) 

May  It  jMeas  your  Hon" 

The  Subscriber  receiving  a  letter  from  your  Hon:  of  yv  first  Courant, 
and  therein,  a  CoiTiand  to  wait  upon  your  Hon'  y  next  day  in  on\'  to 
receive  some  further  Instructions,  referring  to  a  Journey  to  Groaton. 
to  speak  with  some  Volanteers  c^x  :  I  was  also  ordered  to  take  Cap* 
fiowers  ^S:  L!  CrasJjy  with  me  to  Croaton,  but  I  hearing  their  scouts 
had  discovered  sundrey  track  of  the  Jjiemy,  I  suposed  those  men 
might  be  in  y^'  Woods  with  their  scouts,  and  so  it  proued,  for  tiiis 
reson  I  took  with  me  Crp"  Tho'  Bancroft  of  Redding,  and  only  one 
soldier  with  vs,  we  came  to  Groaton  on  fryday  morning  (the  time  y! 
I  was  ordered  to  be  there)  wiiere  I  mett  with  M'  Daniel  ffitclx 
A:  his  second,  and  y*^^  rest  of  their  Volanteers  ail  but  two  or  3 
Indians,  y'  left  them  (by  force)  in  f  morning,  pretending  to  returne 
hom,  .  ,  . 

[Massachusetts  Arcliivcs,  LI.  68  ] 

John  Haywood,  in  his  "  Gazetteer  of  Massachusetts  "  (Bos- 
ton,  1849),  under  Groton,  says  that  one  man  was  killed  here, 
May  20,  1697,  and  three  wounded,     (ragei62.)     The  same 


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8i 


captivity.    (Mag,,,,,,,  H,„k  i'      p.,      I,'  ''t:'', ""'''"'  """ 
the  elate  ciea,-!,,  but  infc,-e„tially  T.  ^L,  '^ '".^f ''"' ^''^'^ 

sons.  John  a„d  S.c  he    7,-      ?  T''    '       '  T'"'  '"'^  '""  "''"-'' 

rcma.ni,,,  i„  ,i,e  |,a„ds  „f  ,hc  ,a>„.«      If  T  "'■''■'-'  ^^ 

ever,  bcf„,-c  they  too  uei-e  freer,  f  ■  ""''"V""  '""-  '""- 
the  House  of  Repres"  t«iv^  ',  ,"', '"  "'"  '°"°'''"S  J""'-'. 
=l.illin,>s  for  tl.e  i"p''sr,7;  u  ''"■'■■  """""^  '""'  '>-*■--■ 
tiien,  bacl...  ^        "  "'"'  '''■"'  ^'"^"  '""'n-ed  i„  bringing 

Holdcn's  petition   to  fK,^  /'  t   /• 

".,"^r:!>';;„;  h^:::nj;;:-;;  •-  ,f' "»«>«>•  <^od  .o  order  „  ,„„, 

Indian  ene.nves  fro,,,  ?,  r  ,  >,    ,     f .  "■"•■■  """'  "''"'"^■»  ''>'  ■'•<' 

"H.,n.  ...  „„  ,  ,„„,  ;      '  .    ; -'™  ->''  ''ein,,  ,vid,  rt,e  ,.„,,„, 

)»r,io„  ,„  escape  .id,  n,"     fe    1  T""-^  ""'"'"  "'"  "  "'=■'  ""' 

'■^1.  yeu  grea,  l,ardsl,ip  1     I,*,,  ;:      "'T  "'""  """-"""  '-«- 
J«ir.."s  will,  one  of  „  v  «o„s     ,.«       ''  """""■'"■    '""  '«="'S  «0' 

promise  to  ,„v  India,,  pil,,,.,  „.,',  "'«  "eiessitated  to  give  my 

i^y  ■■:ngiisi,  d,at ,  1,1  .,.;::, ;™"-"-'!  ■'"  '''•■'■""■"■  '»'-■' 

1  .nisl,t  l,aue  r  holdnesse  I      ,,,      l'";"'"' .'",  '"■^;"'^'  *"'"W^    'f 

on.  of  I'ulJi,,  stock  I  .„o„l,l  ,  ;  ;""■  ' ''"  "  ""«'"  I'e  l-.-l 

>vitl>  tny  tl,ankef„l„esse  to  Co    ,  ,     ,""''"'"•'■ :"'  y""-  '>-'*     ■H."^ 

he  had,  graisosly  returned  t  ".''"■"'■  '''  •""'  "V 'Inl.lren 

)       irncd  to  o,„  ho,ne  againe  connnend  your  l,ono„rs 


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and  concerments  into  y'  hands  <S:  wishing  y"'  Presence  &  benidiction  of 
y''  soveraine  God  I  take  Leaue  &  subscribe  myselfe  your  humble  servant 
iS:  sup])liant 

Stephen  Holder 

Groton  May  27"'  i6qi) 

June  6"'  1699  once  read.  «S:  Voted  by  the  house  of  Representatives 
that  tiie  aboves','  Peticoner  Stephe.i  Holden  of  (irotton  be  paied  out 
of  the  pubHck  Treary  Three  pounds  <S;  twelve  shillings  money 
Sent  up  for  Concurrence, 

Jam  f  Converse  Speaker 
ly.  July,  99,     Read  an'i  past  in  L'ounccl 

Is  ^  Appinqton  Secry 
Consented  to 

Bellomont 

{Massachusetts  Archives,  LXX.  400.] 

Among  the  names  of  the  captives  received  on  board  the; 
I'rovince  Gaily,  January  17,  1698-9,  at  Casco  Bay,  were 
"  John  Houlding  of  (irottcn  "  and  "  Tamasin  Rouce  of  Grot- 
ten."  It  is  recorded,  a  week  later,  that  "  Steven  Iloulding  of 
Grottcn  "  and  "Steven  Houlding  Jun'  of  ditto"  are  "yet  in 
the  Indian  hands."    ( Archiv(;s,  LXX,  398,  399.) 

It  is  evident  that  the  early  settlers  were  still  having  a  hard 
time  during  this  period.,  All  the  records  go  to  show  that 
between  the  assaults  of  the  savages  and  the  short  crops  they 
found  it  difficult  to  obtain  a  livelihood.  Again  they  wcw 
obliged  to  ask  the  General  Court  for  an  abatement  of  their 
taxes,  which  they  did,  in  a  petition,  as  follows:  — 

To  the  Honored  Luten".' Govern''  the  Honored  Counrill  and  Repre- 
sentitives  In  the  Court  Assembled  :  The  humble  petition  of  the  towne 
of  (iroton  by  onierly  warning  mett  upon  octob'  the  (4"')  1697  then 
Voating  ( after  Serious  discourse  ujion  the  i)resent  times  &  awfull  cir« 
Cumstances  of  them  and  our  pticuiar  immergencys)  our  dislike  of  tht* 
present  help  granted  to  us  as  we  are  greeved  att  y"  management  &' 
oversight  of  its  &  voating  that  capt""  James  Parker  and  Ensignc  John 


I 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


Court.  Honored  Sirs :  \V  l2  in  so  .  :"  °"  ''^'"'^  ^"  ^^- 
Jheconstancyand  LongcontinnronirrSZ::,^::;^'  1"^ 
C'od  upon  us)  to  know  more  experimentally  The  tible  "  n  "'  ' 
and  a)nse(iuent  of  bloody  .V  cruell  w,rr  Th.    i     Z  '""'■"•"'^^''"f 

possibly  knowne  by  others;   A         h  al  R        '  ''"'"'^^  ''  '^^'"  '"^ 
ings  happene  to  be  upon  r  very  li  t   b m k^  "'''  '"'""  ^'  ''""" 

unavoidable  cliffieu.t^ls,  ^rs  d  ,  ^  ^^^u",:;^  """?  °^  '-- 
the  wildernesse,  then  n.any  others'^re  or    'n  b    '',        7      "™''^'  °'" 
prehend  the  case  to  stand  uith  us       In      .     ''".'  "^"'■^f"'-^  '^^  ^^'^  ap. 
and  greatly  impoverisl^d        «:  ^    '  ^^f:'^^'  '"  ""^  """^^-' 
"measure  we  hav.e  done  to  be  .-onstant  v  n       '  "'  ^'^  "^"P"  '" 

Lord  of  hosts  and  «od  of  ■  rn  ve      ^  I  '""«  >'P  our  petitions  to  the 

fouu  oi   armyes  to  af  on    us  conflllr■^  v-   \     ■  . 
every  way  so  we  would  not  wantMi«  to  crv  fn\  i  Assistance 

Mo.ses  cV   Aaron  to  give  us  a  Ivle   v?  'y""''')' ^'ali  upon  our 

-ho  if  any  are,  we  are  in  ZtZr^:!  r^  j'^'  '""""^  '^"'" 
-btle  Finny  Serpents  mortally  wo,    d  "  l    •  "     r"'"'"'  "^'^ 

Honor-'  Selves  hear  bv  I'nm.        ''^""^'^^  ^'"^l  J^iU'ng  ol   us  as  your 

butt  .el  see .  :z!;!y  !:::^z:::2  "tirT '''  r  ^-^''^  '-- 

^vith  all  gratitude  and  d.a„  b.llnJs  et         ulwl     "  ""r'  ^"'  ""'^^ 

of  us  hitherto.  Butt  yet,  we  for  o^n    t    ,       m      "  -^'""  '"'''''^y  ^'^^ 
J-ont.     We  beg  If,  nnv  s  'm  "'  '"'"'  ^''^'''^-  ''^  '''-' 

Release  d  from  .tunt:;^;^  o  lir L:!  T'  '"'^  ''''  ''"  '"^^  "^ 
trey  Rates  \-  that  we  nnv  be  n  "  f  ^^?  ^'  ""'  '"  '''^""^'  ^^^""''^  ^'""•- 
'>f  souidiers  not  o  .^  .^  .S""''  "'^'^  T""  ^"^""^  "^"'•"■""•^ 
obtaine  we  haue  agre      no   to  ,       '  '"'-   '"'  """">'  "'^'•^'  "--'  ^o 

-e  wickedly  di.l.  't,^  "y  :;  '  "  7''  '''  '"^'^  "^  --'v-  as 
''^'  -  a  kindnesse,  uhicH^  ^  ,  I'lf' '^  ^""'  '^"^  ''-'^'^t  n.ight 
«gement  attended  It  n  il  h  ve  ,  ;:'  f"  *"''^'^^""  ^'^  '-"^• 
^vaycs  than  one  that  gS  v    M  "!     ''^'""■"'  '"^  "^  "^^^ 

'■arefull  ordering  or  do  rfh  ^        '^   '""  "^"'■^'  ^"'""^  '-^^  ^hA' 

ff  ^-  this  aut^;:  t^i'  ;7^'  ^'^  ^^-  '^  '^-'^  '-^  ^  we  beg  that 
ehargable  scout  that  .t  ma  1^  ot  :";,^:;"^^  T.  ^^  "  "^''^^  >" 
mto  a  carefuller  .V  honester  hand   In      h-  th  I  ,    ■'  "''^'  ^''  '""' 


lit  mtu 


84 


KING    WILLIAM'S    WAR. 


Tlius  craving  pdone  for  our  boldncssc  wishing  y  Lord  to  l)e  your 
]M-csitient  in  all  jjiihlike  matters  that  may  be  liefore  you  we  hinnbly 
subscribe  ourselves  yours  in  all  obedience  eV  lojaity 

Sl.MON    Sl'ONK  J 

Thomas  Tarbkli,  I  ^^''^^'t 

SaMUKI,  PAr.KKK     )  '"^'" 

Ki.ir.zAK  Parker 
Oct"  15"'  1697.     Read   •  Constable  of  Groton 

tI'"ncloisccl| 

Oct.  97 

Voted  in  y''  house  of  Representatives 
In  answer  to  sd  petition,     'i'hal  they  are  leased  in  this  Last  tax  as  they 
desired  :  i\:  as  to  y  Scout  y'  they  Judg  it  needfull  y'  Six  of  their  owne 
Souldiers  !)e  Imployed  dayly  :  c\:  y'  y  Couiand'  in  cheif  put  in  a  sutable 
pson  to  Inspect  y^'  same 

Sent  up  for  Coiicurreuce  : 

,  Penn  Townsend  Speaker 

[Nfassachusetts  Archives,  I,XX.  ^60,  361.] 

It  is  said,  on  the  authority  of  Judge  Sev-'all's  Diary,  that 
there  were  three  persons  badly  wounded  in  the  assault  of 
July  27,  1694.  t)ne  of  them,  undoubtedly,  was  h:noch  Law- 
rence, whose  given  name  is  sometimes  written  Enosh.  Hi.s 
petition  to  the  (iovernor  for  help  is  as  follows:  — 

7h  his  Excellency  yoseph  Dndlcy  Esf  Cap'  Gen"  and  Govenio':  in 
Chief  in  and  oi'cr  her  Majesties  Province  of  the  Massachusetts 
Bay  in  Neio  E/ii:;land. 

To  the  Honorable  Council  and  Representatives  of  yf  sal.!  p-jvincc 
In  Court  assembled. 

The  humble  Petition  of  Imkx  h  Lawrence  Humbly  Sheweth  that, 
your  jK'titioner  is  a  very  poor  tnan  and  by  reason  of  wounds  in  his 
hand,  received  in  a  fight  with  the  Indians  in  the  a)rmer  Indian  War  is 
allmost  wholly  ilisaliled  from  following  his  dayly  Labour  upon  wiucii 
he  depends  for  a  Livelyhood  both  for  himself  and  his  fimilv. 

Vo'  Petition'  therefore  jirays  Tjiat  lie  may  ha\e  Freedome  from 
Taxes,  antl  something  allowed  him  for  a  maintainance  granted  by  yo! 


KING   WILLIAM'S   WAR. 


^  85 

lOxcellency  and    this  honour'^  Court   and    vo^    i^Z  T  " 

pray  &c  ^"^   >"     Petition^   shall   ever 

,      ,  Enoch  Lawrence 

In  C.ounciJ, 

ifiOcto.  1702,     Read  and  sent  down. 

Octoht',  if  ,jo2.  Is*  Addington  Secry. 

Rca.l  in  the  hoi.se  of  Representatives'. 

In  answer  to  y"  nraver  of  \''n,^,-u  i 

Resolv,.,!  ilvu  ,1         ^  1-awrence,  y--"  petitioner 

Pension  d„H„«  „,  „,,,  ,„t  ,';;;;;;;,^  ;/::;;^  °^  •"•^ '''°™'-  -.> 

.Sent  up  for  t'oncurrcnce 

Oct?  ,9?  ,yo..    In  Coun<:il  ■^'''•'  ^'""'"'^'^^  ^^^"'•'^^'•' 

Kead  and  Voted  a  Conctirrance 
IMassashusem  Archives.  tXX.  58^.:  ^''  ^^W.lj^c.m.v,  Sccry. 


i 


fj 


CHAPTIlR    III. 


QUEEN     ANNE'S    WAR. 


E) 


iip 


iii 


I. 

QUEF.N  An'NK's  War,  as  it  is  commonly  called  in  /XmcMMca, 
broke  out  in  the  year  1702,  when  l^nnland  declareil  war 
against  l-'rance  and  Spain:  and  the  American  colonies  were 
drawn  into  the  contest.  Tiie  Indians  in  New  ICni^land  were 
in  s)-mi)athy  with  the  l-'rench  ;  and  they  kept  the  frontier 
settlements  ci)ntinually  on  the  alert.  Strict  vigilance,  on  tlie 
part  of  the  colonists,  was  the  price  of  their  safety.  Military 
companies  were  still  held  under  disci))line  and  drill,  and  front 
time  to  time  were  reviewed  by  the  proper  officers.  In  the 
year  1702,  Chief  Justice  Samuel  Sewall  accompanied  Gov- 
ernor Joseph  I)udle\'  throui^di  Miildlesex  County  on  a  tour 
of  inspection;  and  in  his  Diarw  uiuler  date  of  October  2S,  he 
writes :  — 

Went  to  Clrotun.  saw  Ca|)t.  IVoscot  and  his  i'oini)any  in  .Vrms. 
(('.ov'  had  sent  to  them  from  niinstal)Io  that  would  visit  thoiu). 
Lancaster  is  about  t2  Miles  Soutlnvani  from  (ln)to«i.  Concord  is  16 
Miles  'l  ami  Ten-Rod  t'roin  (iroton. 

IMassuchusetts  llisimiial  (.'ullections,  VI    tilth  series.  67.J 

riie  captain  of  this  Company  was  Jonas  IVescott,  an  active 
man    in    the    affairs    of    the    town.       Hi     was         blacksmith 


QUEEN   ANNE'S    WAR. 


«7 


'Lui^s  ^'^^,^'--^-  «•  ^^  'o".  line  of  distinguished 

CO        h.    1  r  ''"^^■^^•"'  ^'^^'  father  of  UiUiam    IVes- 

ni::::,  ;vr;t::^i^:S;ir  ^'^^  ^-^^"''^  ^^  ---^ 

After  these  alarms  there  was  a  short  respite    which  mn 
tnu.cd  ti.U;^.  when  the  trontier  towns  weL  l,:':;;^::; 
to  savage  warfare,  and  this  town  suffered  with  the  otiiers 

hanu.el  l>enhallowJn -rhe  History  of  the  Wars  oi M.,. 
i^^^W  (Hoston,  ,7.0.  thus  refers  to  the  attack  on  thi. 
place  m  August,  1704  :   The  Indians  — 

aftenvards  fell  on    /.a.arsf.,,  and  C,v.^o„,  where  they  did  some 
Spoil,  hilt  not  what  they  expected  for  th'U  th,..,.  t^ 
ahly  strcnKtlKMu.I.  ,  / ''  '^^"'^^''^"'^  t'^''' the.c  1  own.  were  .easou- 

An.l  yet  a  little  while  after  they  fell  on  On,rfo„,  and  JVas/utmfv 

^!:;r;^;i::tr.;!7 '"'  ^^'^''^- ''''  ^^--^^^'^^^ 

In  the  library  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  is  a 
mam.ser,pt  diary  of  John  Marshall,  of  Braintree.  whil  ^ 
tnc  followMig  entry:  — 

a.  an.  aster  Killed  ,5  or  4  persons  hurnt  their  ni'-etint? 
house  :  and  dni  son,e  harm  alls.,  at  (Jn.ton.  ,he  san.e  week  kZ 
o  e  or  .non  „.out  300  men  went  ont  after  then,  who  wee.  gon  o 
;[ay.  under  .., or  Taylor,  hut  Returned  ^^•ithout  doing  any  ^:;S  :: 

G^nTt'^r   ^1"'"'''  ""''  ^^"   ^"'>'  ^''  ^"^  that  on 
Gro  on  probably  w.th.n  a  day  or  two  of  the  same  time 

Iherc  were   two  regiments  fn   Middlesex  County  at  this 

penod  _one  made  up  of  men  hvin,  in  towns  nea' Boston, 

c    led  the  Lower  Regiment,  and  the  other  of  men  living  in       ' 

ivci^uncut.     ihc  foJloutng  letter,  from  Major  James  Converse, 


fU 


>#  !| 


i 


'II 


i 


I'! 


88 


OUEEN    ANNE'S   WAU. 


is  printcct  In  the  Reverend  Samuel  Sevvall's  "History  of 
VVobuni"  (pa^'es  54;,,  544).  ami  refers  to  "y'  towns  in  y] 
l.ower  Ke-ani'."  nieaniuK  the  towns  from  wliicli  tiie  Lower 
KeKiment  was  raised.  'Ihere  were  some  i)r<)wlin^^  Indians  in 
the  neif^hborhood  al  this  lime,  and  the  outlyin-  settlements 
Were  alarmed: — 


fS-u, 


icr.scni) 


lM)llf 


M'fl/h  /T.vv?  ^,Ku-J>h  Duilh,  J'.ur  Vapr.  Gm't  Con'  In  Chief, ',  ^t. 


Th 


ICSC. 


.Jfay  it  l)1c;H  Vour  Kxc". 


Wooii!*  August  %^\  i;o4. 


I    Ri'cfiNcd  \()ur   ICxcel-  Order  of  y     10'^'  (' 


same  day  about   4   111  )•;   afternoone.,  for  tlie  detad 


)urranl.   1   Reel'  It  y] 


i\: 


iiiK   45   Soldier* 


iVe  ; 


and  tt)  post  y','  in  j^  scuiadrons  under  y,   Coinand  of  a   S; 


Ivich,  viz,  <lroat()ii,  I,a 


ir^'  l(j 


niliester  \-   Malburow,      J  fortliwiti 


tnv  WarrantN  lo  all  v    tou 


1  sent  oul 


all   Ii 


ns  in  y    Lower   Kegam' j  the  Soldiers 


nniress' 


ni! 


lit  and  y    jith  day  and  began  to  March,  tl 


day  I  went  and  posted  tliein  according  to  Order,  (;iui 


Nvera 


ing  the  sarg"; 


written  C)rders  lo  obserue  till  further  Orders,  directing  them  lo  take 

adviec  of  the  Capt^  of  the  Respeetiue  louns  ; 

i\t  Malburow.  John  Henjaniin  sarg!  15  men  1 
1-anehester,  JJenjamin  Wilson  sarg'  14  men  V  43. 


llroaton. 


Joseph  Child,  sarg'  16  men 


liere  js  y'.'  whole  Numl)er  Vour  I'xcelencey  sent  lor,  ])osted  accord 
io  order.,     1  think  there  are  too  many  garrasons 


fl 

account  my  labour  lost.,  and  y:    men  next  to  thrown 


ing 
in  every  towne.     If 


lese  men  lie  Reposted,,  one  at  a  garrason.  and  two  at  another,  I  shall 

away,  Sa\ing 


IS  in  Obedience  to  Vour  \-,\c  Comand  jherc  is  nothing 


awa\':. 


Iilwayes,  what 
lost  or  thrown 

l';.\t'.  .S:  1  pray  fof  a  gradoils-  pardon,  and.  aiu 

Vour  V«;ry  Humble  Ready  and  Obedient  Servl 

JAMS,  Coxvekse. 

A  partf  of  Indians,  numberhit^  about  thirty,  made  tlieir 
appearance  m  town,  and  killed  a  man  on  the  nit^dit  of  October 
2Sf  I/04.    I'ursuit  was  al  ©nee  inada  fof  them.,  but  it  was  tin- 


QUKEN   ANNH'S    WAR. 


89 

successful       «'  The  ]ioston   News-Lctter,"  Oc^^^^^T^T^oT 
gives  the  follcnvinj,^  acc.unU  of  the  affair' -»  ^  '   ^  ^* 

f"« ......  :.,„i  ,„„:, ;:™  1V:"'°" '"» "»'- »- «'--  <■  v-y  u«. 

lived    near  the    i)res.-nf   *u-^  ■      ,,    ^  "^^^^     "'-' 

present      Community,"  where  W     i^.vt 

resided  uhenthe  map  m  Mr.  Butler's   Ff    /  U'ckson 

iMvis's  Forduav  in  th.  .- !  u    '^'•'^°''>' ^^'^'^  '"^de ;   and 

remembered  t'  dc^'Zul'^    ^1 '"""'  ^^'^^  '^''"'  '^  ^^'" 

It  is  not  surpris  V    t     t  r      ,    ,     ''  "-^^^borhood 
of  hostilities,  i.  "  :i.l  ",  T'f '^?"'^'  "'"^"  ^'"^  ^— ' 

Court,  They  nd -h  ,  /  \  ''  ^'^"'^^  ^""^^"^  '^'^  General 
and  .ere  litiL  t;:;etr^r;^:t -:;;V"  ^f -^^  P-P-ty. 
to  tl.c  Govcrn„r  tint  .!„<,.  i,  ,  ""'"""■  Tbcy  represented 
tLcir  loss  of  1,0    e  ':''^-™  «^^'^'''>'"''P---I'">  by 

they  were  scarcely  abe  to  ho  <  1 T"  ,""''  '"^■'  ""^  "'^" 
crowning  calan,i.y'of„i:, St  Ilrj',  ""»-■  ^'"  ""-■ 
Hobar,  which  prevented  hi„,  fr  „  J, L!""'  T'''^^'  *'^- 

-  p- or  their  ,i::n:nx::  ::™-:-^^^ 

t3 


Mi 


til 
f1 


i 


[1 

1 

1 

m 


n 


iX> 


<l.>UI  IN    ANNI.S   WAK. 


''"'  '""11.       I  lu'\'  spent  so  iiiiK  h  tun.'  in  \\,i((  liin;;   .unl   (Miaiil 
in;;,    lli.il    llu\'    scrincd    |i>    \h-    miI.Ii.is    i.iilin     lli.in    i; 


I' 


r. 

miu'i' 


mlci   III 


tsf  tlisi oiir.i 


i;inp,  «  in  iiiiisl.Mi.  cs  iluy  askid   loi    li(||i 
.111(1   wen-   .ill(.\V(«I  out    ol    the    |>iilili(    tif.isiiiy  twiiil)'  ixniiul 


to   .issist    tl 


ii'in    111    iMoiiiiin;;    .m.ttlir).    iiiii.lstir,    hcsidt 


li'il 


|)oiill(ls    to    hf    (liviilrti    .illloii;;    those    uluj    nt'lC  |l)t.*   J| 
Millrreis  m  llie  l.ite  atl.i.  k  upon  tlieill, 


fe.ile 


I 


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QUEEN    ANNE'S   WAR. 


Two  years  later,  another  assault  was  made  on  the  town, 
though  with  little  damage.  I  again  quote  from  Penhallow's 
History  of  the  Wars  of  New-England:  — 

[July  21,  1706.]  Several  Strokes  were  afterwards  made  on  Chclms- 
fofJ,  Si/tlbu/y  and  Groton,  where  three  Soldiers  as  they  were  going  to 
publick  Worship,  were  way-laid  by  a  small  Party,  who  kill'd  two,  and 
made  the  other  a  Prisoner.     (Page  36.) 

A  few  additional  particulars  of  these  "  Strokes  "  are  found 
in  the  Reverend  John  Pike's  Journal,  printed  in  the  Proceed- 
ings of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  for  September, 
1875:- 

July  21,  1706.  Sab  :  2  souldiers  slain,  &  one  carried  away  by  the 
enemy  at  Groton.  They  were  all  new-Cambridge  [Newton]  men,  «S: 
were  returned  to  their  Post  from  one  Bloods  house,  who  had  invited 
y'"  to  Dinner.     (XIV.  143.) 

Marshall,  in  his  Diary,  briefly  alludes  to  this  affair  thus:  — 
on  the  21  [July]  they  Killed  2  and  took  one  captive  at  groton. 

The  Reverend  Jonathan  Homer,  in  his  History  of  New- 
ton, as  published  in  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Collections, 
V.  273,  gives  the  names  of  these  men  as  John  Myrick,  Na- 
thaniel Healy,  and  Ebenezer  Seger,  and  says  they  were  all 
three  killed  by  the  Indians.  This  statement,  however,  is  in- 
accurate, as  John  Myrick  was  not  one  of  the  three  soldiers, 
and  furthermore  was  alive  after  this  date.  It  is  sufficiently 
clear  from  the  following  contemporaneous  petitions  that  two 
of  these  men  were  brothers  by  the  name  of  Seager,  and  the 
third  one  was  Nathaniel  Healy.  It  was  one  of  the  Seager 
brothers  who  was  taken  prisoner. 

7^0  /lis  Excellency  Joseph  Dudley  Esq':  Captain  Generall  and  Gover- 
nour  in  Chief  in  and  Over  her  Majesties  Province  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts bay  &>  the  Hon''':  f.  Council  &•  Representatives  in  Generall 
Court  Assembled  — 

The  Humble  Petition  of  Nathaniel  Healy  of  Newtown  in  said 
Province 


QUEEN    ANNE'S   WAR. 


May  it  please  your  Kxccl]>  Your  Hunil)l.>  P.f.r  i      • 

own  proper  Cos.  An,.,,  ,„  So„  n"',:      ,  f^tl  l:  k™?,"  .'"'^ 
Senrce  under  the  Comman,]  of  Capt"  losial,  I'JLT,  ' 

21  (lay  of  Iiilv,7o6      ¥„•  P.,-,^  J"*'-"' '"I-"  At  Croton  on  the 

Carried  aiy  .ythe  Fnan'     1  r"  M  v'°"  T  ''"'"  """  "'»  ''"" 

going  t.  Me'etin^.  o^o::^;:^::'^'" '""  '■''  °"'"» "^  '"'■^  -- 

-rrt^^r-^s:^:^------.--^^^^^^^ 

allowed  as  Your  Excellency  shall  think  meet  ^'™''' 

And  Your  Petitioner  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray  &c 

T    ^r     rr  Nathanael  Heaiv 

In  the  House  of  Representatives. 
Junes'!'  1707.     Read. 


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the  Gun  above  mentioned  ^  ^   ^"  ^"'"'""^^  '"  ^""  ^^^ 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence. 


[  Endorsed  1 
5"  June.  1707. 
Read  and  Concurr'd 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXXI.  345.] 


John  Burrill  Speak'' 

In  Council. 
h'  ALDINGTON  Seciy 


To  His  Excellency  the  Govenwur  And  the  Honnml,/^  r        -n  . 

Sheweth 

That >- Petitioner  had,  The  Summer  before  list  T,v.  c 

other  Taken  cTp^^e"    So  v   d  I      '  '^'"'''  ''>  ""  '^"''")'  >" 

.Link  were    us  ly    ■  Inafc'^t  f   '  ,°'  """'  ^''  ""'"  ^"^  "'"  ' 

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QUEEN    ANNL'S   WAR. 


Y'  Petitioner  tiierefore  humbly  prays  that  he  may  he  Considered 
Iierein,  out  of  the  Countrey  Treasure  as  shall  be  y'  Good  Pleasure 
And  y'  Petitioner  shall  ever  Pray  &c' 


4"  Nov'"  1 707 

In  Coimcil. 
Read  and  Recommended  to  the  House. 


Henrv     H     Seager 
[his  mark] 


[Knclorsed] 

In  the  House  of  Representatives 

Nov  :  14  :    1707.      Read. 

In  Answer  to  the  Petition  on  the  other  side 
Resolved  That  the  sum  of  forty  shillings  be  Allowed  &  Paid,  out  of 
the  publick  Treafy  to  Henry  Seager  the  Petitioner. 
Sent  up  for  Concurrence. 


15"  Nov.  1707. 

In  Council 
Read  and  Concurr'd 


John  Burrill  Speak' 


Is  Addington  Secry. 


[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXXI.  419.] 

Pcnhallow,  in  his  History,  gives  several  instances  of  ex- 
treme cruelty  to  the  prisoners  on  the  part  of  the  savages,  and 
mentions  the  following  case  of  a  man  who  was  captured  in 
this  town :  — 

A  third  was  of  Samuel  Buttcrfidd,  who  being  sent  to  Groton  as  a 
Soldier,  was  with  others  attackt,  as  they  were  gathering  in  the  Harvest ; 
his  bravery  was  such,  that  he  kill'd  one  and  wounded  another,  but 
being  overpower'd  by  strength,  was  forc'd  to  submit ;  and  it  hapned 
that  the  slain  IiuUau  was  a  Sagamore,  and  of  great  dexterity  in  War 
which  caused  matter  of  Lamentation,  and  enrag'd  them  to  such  degree 
that  they  vow'd  the  utmost  revenge  ;  Some  were  for  whipping  him  to 
Death  ;  others  for  burning  him  alive  ;  but  differing  in  their  Sentiments, 
they  submitted  the  Issue  to  the  St/iiaw  JVidoiv,  concluding  she  would 
determine  something  very  dreadful,  but  when  the  matter  was  opened, 
and  the  Fact  considered,  her  Spirits  were  so  moderate  as  to  make  no 
other  reply,  than,  "  Fortune  L'guarc.     Upon  which  some  were  uneasy  ; 


QUEEN    ANNE'S    WAR. 


lad  favour  shewn  him." 
The  account  of  Butterficld's  case  w,<  ;„      u  . 
printed    in    a   pa„,p,„e.   .ntU.  r.  A    MHmSw  \L  °  'f,'" 
Present  Deplorable  STATE  of  JVe^  I^W  '  (U ,      ' 

jua„t   icnhallmvs   HTstory  was  publisiied.     This  mmnhl  .f 
has  smce  been   reprinted  in  tl,e   introdaetion   to     1^^    H 
volume,  fifth  series,  of  the  "  Collections  of  thn  «  , 

Historical  Society."     The  accoantTr  f:!,:!:  .^!!--'--» 

toot  t:'"Hltr'L«'M^" '"''""  ","™  ^*-  '"=  «»'-«« 
Whereof  the  Ma^r^^d  "T-l^.lrV;:  T  b^",'"^'''!  r"'' 
Wi<lo,v  V«  of  the  Dead  Ind.-,      T,,  ,  t,  "*■'""''  ''>"  *"-" 

had  indeavonred  to  div«  le  ,  gre  ta^lt    "T  r"''  "''"'  '"'^ 

liutterfield  ren.ained  a  captive  for  more  than  a  year      It  i  ■ 
not  known  how  he  obtained  his  release      H 1      M  , 

General  Court  sets  forth  the  t  .V,      I  ^  ""°"  '°  "'<-• 

Chelmsford,  and    vas      „    K     r        '  ''?""'  ="'  '"''='^''^'"'  "^ 
Groton,  in  order  To  I,        r"^     ?"'"  J"""'"''  "°«'"s  to 

when  the  en^  ,^  came    ^'o,^::"1  ''"'T  '"  ''"«"^'-   '^°4. 
"y  came  upon  the  place.     It  is  as  follows :  — 

To  his  Excellency  Joseph  Dtidlcv  F^.r  r,^'  ^ 

Cliuf  and  7o  the  kno-    h    r        .f '-^'   ^''''^^"^  ''"'^  Govcnuf.  in 
noJin  Genea^Znlt  "'"  ^^""  "^  ^'^PrescntaUres 

Maiestie.  7-7         V      '       "'"""^  "^  ^"''"'  ''"'^^"''^  ^  for  her 
MajcsUc.  Provmce  of  the  Massachus'  Bav  April  ro-  1-06 

n-t)o    letmoner  ,s  an  Inhabitant  of  tlK-ro.n  of  Cheln.ro.-cl 


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(2UEEN   ANNE'S    WAR. 


and  in  the  month  of  August  1704,  when  the  Enemy  came  upon 
Nashoway  &  Groton  i\: :  yo'  Petitioner  (with  others)  was  sent  out  by 
the  Cap'  Jcrathmel  Bowers  to  (Iroton  to  assist  Col :  Taylor,  when  yor 
Petitioner  being  ordered  out  with  some  others  to  Cuard  a  Man  who 
was  going  to  work  in  the  field,  the  Enemy  came  upon  them,  killd  one 
man  and  took  yo;  Petitioner  and  one  other  Prisoners,  tho  yof  Petitioner 
made  all  the  resistance  possible,  killed  one,  and  knockt  down  two 
more  after  they  had  seized  him,  for  which  yo'  Petitioner  was  cruelly 
used  by  them  afterwards  &  threatened  to  be  burnt,  several  times. 
May  it  please  this  Great  and  Generall  Assembly,  yo'  Petitioner  was 
very  well  accoutred  in  all  respects  when  he  was  taken,  and  then  was 
strii)t  of  all  and  was  between  fourteen  and  fifteen  months  a  Captive 
exposd  to  great  hardships,  and  has  sustained  great  Loss  and  damage. 

Yor  Petitioner  therefore  humbly  prays  the  favor  of  this  great  and 
General  Assembly  to  take  the  premises  into  yo'  serious  Consideradon 
and  Grant  him  such  Recompense  for  his  Losses  and  sufferings,  as 
afores'.'  as  to  yo^  wisdom  and  Goodness  shall  seem  meet. 

and  yo'  Petitioner  (as  in  duty  bound)  shall  ever  pray  &c. 

Samuell  Ruiterfield 
[Endorsed] 

Aprl'  10:   1706,  Read. 


In  the  House  of  Representative 
Resolved  That  the  Sum  of  Five  Pounds  be  allowed,  &  Paid*out  of 
the  Publick  Treasury  to  Sam|'  Butterfield  the  Petitioner  in  Considera- 
tion of  his  Losse,  &  service. 
Sent  up  for  concurrence. 

TuoM.Af^     »AKES  Speaker 
April.  II.  1706. 

In  Council. 

Reai'.  &  concurr'd. 

Isf  Addington  Secry. 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXXI.  195,  196.I 

Butterfield  had  previously  received,  October  27,  1704,  a 
bounty  of  four  pounds  for  killing  the  Indian  men*-ioned  in 
this  petition;  but  the  present  award  was  for  his  services  and 
personal  loss. 


QUEEN   ANNE'S   WAR. 


97 


The  following  petition  to  the  Governor  was  presented  in  the 
year  i;o6,  probably  in  the  summer,  as  at  that  time  the  town 
was  engaged  in  settling  the  Reverend  Mr.  J3radstreet  as  the 
mmister:  — 

To  his  ExceUauy  Joseph  Dudley  Esq  Cap'.  General  and  Govenf  in 
Che,/  m  and  over  her  Majestyes  Provinee  of  the  Massaehnsetts 
Bay  ^e.  and  to  the  Ifo'-  the  Council  and  Representatives  of  s" 
Province.  -^ 

Woe  the  inhabitants  of  the  Towne  of  Groton  cannot  hut  with  all 

hanktulness  acknowledge  the  great  Care  that  his  Ex?y  and  Governr 

hath  taken  for  our  Preservation  and  defense  in  these  times  of  danger 

Notw,thstanc,ng  all  which,  wee  have  bin  by  our  J.:nemy  e.xtreat.Iy 

impovenshed  not  being  capable  of  making  those  improvements  which 

are  necessary  for  our  subsistance,  but  our  Outlands  upon  which  wee 

have  a  Considerable  .lependance  lye  neglected;  and  many  o.'  us  are 

reduced  to  the  Last  necessity;  our  Stocks  are  like  to  .Suffer  much  in 

he  Wmter ;  and  are  in  great  fears  that  wee  have  mett  W"  Considerable 

osses  in  them  already  from  the  Enemy  and  wee  are  now  at  ICxtream 

Charge  in  the  Settling  of  our  Minister  ;  So  that  wee  are  greatly  reduced 

and  impoverished; 

Wee  would  therefore  humbly  intreat  that  our  Languishing  Circum- 
stances may  be  t.ken  into  your  Consideration ;  and  that  our  propor- 
lon  of  the  Publique  tax  may  this  year  be  remitted  to  us;  and  wee 
hope  that  not  only  our  present  afflicted  State  but  our  future  duty- 
m  deportment  will  be  Such  as  may  testifie  for  us,  and  afford 
yo  hon:  Satisflict.on  in  so  notable  an  instance  of  Charity  and 
Compassion  ' 

Jonas  Prescott 

JOXATHAN    LaWREX( ;e 

Jn"  Fakneswokth 
Sam'   Parker 


o.l.M       I'ARKER     -J 

Nath.  Woods    '  ^'^'^^* 

RoiiT.   RoiiHINs]     '"'^"• 

In  behalf  of  the  Tovvne  of  Groton  ; 

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The  following  account  of  a  court-martial,  held  at  Gro- 
ton,  has  some  interest  from  the  fact  that  it  gives  the  names  of 
a  few  of  the  men  engaged  in  tlie  public  service  at  that  time. 
The  officers  composing  the  court-martial  were  undoubtedly 
in  command  of  companies  in  this  neighborhood :  — 

(jRon^N   Febr   17,  1706-7 
1  0  clock  in  y'   morning 
May  it  please  your  Excy. 

I  rcc!'  your  Ex?y  h  Letter,  and  immediatly  upon  tlie  return 
of  our  forces  this  evening  Call'd  a  Court  Marshal  and  made  perticulcr 
imiuisitio  into  Waymans  alTair,  the  Coppy  of  which  I  send  enclosed, 
and  pray  your  Exccllcucye's  perticuler  direction  thereupon ;  Tari)ol 
who  was  the  jjerson  who  pretended  the  discovery  altho.  iuiprutlent  and 
so  blaniable  yet  would  begg  your  Excellencyes  favour  for  him  as  a  very 
honest  man  willing  to  do  service  and  infinitely  concern'd  for  this  ill 
aceident,  So  that  the  uneasiness  anil  trouble  that  has  posses'd  him  is 
in  it  self  so  considerable  a  punishment  that  he  seems  to  need  no 
other  Olatlly  should  wee  have  found  out  the  Ringleaders  of  the  mutin- 
ous and  disorderly  returne  but  after  much  Examination  cant  effect  it. 
Wee  all  wait  your  Exeys  ord':-  and  shall  jiroceed  accordingly  and  am 
Yor  Exeys  most  obedt  Servt 

Ephr  :  Hunt. 

Die  Solis  Ferbuary  16.  1706-7. 

At  a  Court  Marshal  held  at  Groton  By  orders  of  his  Ivxcellency 
[Joseph  Dudley],  For  the  Tryal  of  Leiv!  Seth  Wayman,  Serjl  Thomas 
Tarbol  and  Comp'  i\:c. 

Present 
Col"  Ephraim  Hunt  Presid' 
Cap'  Jonathan  Prescott.  Cap'  Jonas  Presc-ott 

Cap!  Josiah  Parker  Cap'  Steph.  Williams 

Cap;  Thomas  Nichols  Cap'  Joseph  Bulkeley 

Cap'  Benjamin  Willard. 

CoP  Eph.  Hunt  the  Presid!  opned  the  Court,  By  declaring  them- 
selves by  his  Excellencys  perticuK  Ord''  to  be  a  Court  Marshal  for 
y  Tryal  of  Lieu!  Seth  Wayman,  for  a  false  report  brought  by  s!'  Way- 


nu HEN    ANNK'S   WAR. 


99 


mail  of  the  discovLTy  of  the  IiKhan  !• 


iiemy  near  Monadnock  on  tht 


6.  instant,  and  for  tlieir  ivtunie  home,  in  a  imitiiunis  disorderiv  man- 
ner without  I-ndcavours  after  a  Sufficient  discoxery. 

Liev'  Seth  Waynian  examin'd  about  the  semling  out  of  his  scouts 
on  the  Sixth  instant  sayth  that 

On  the  Sixtii  instant  on  our  incamping  on  Sun  about  an  hour  hi<'h 
wee  Sent  out  Two  Scouts,  of  four  men  eacii ;  One  t<,  manli  on  the 
left  U  ing  ;  the  other  on  the  Right  ;  To  march  about  a  mile  and  a  half 
right  out  ui.on  discovery  from  the  Noyse  of  our  Hatchetts 

He  further  Saith  that  after  they  Iiad  l,in  upon  tiie  Scout  about  an 
hour,  that  he  Saw  both  Scouts  returning  togetiier,  running  fnvards  our 
Camp  as  men  affrigluene<i,  and  called  to  me  at  a  .lisran.e  to  put 
out  our  fires,  for  they  had  dis.-overM  a  Hody  of  the  iCncmy.  Then 
Corp.  larbol  coming  u].  to  me  told  me  that  he  had  discover'd  the 
I'.nemy  ;  i  lie  first  of  their  Camps  that  he  discover',!,  he  sd  the  Noyse 
of  their  Hatchetts,  were  as  bigg  as  (Kir  Company,  and  so  reached  halfe 
a  mile. 

The  other  part  of  our  Scout  told  me  they  hail  discover'd  the  Track 
of  Doggs,  which  they  Jiidg'd  to  be  Twenty  or  Tliirty. 

CorpI  Tarbol  conduct  of  the  Scout  March'd  on  the  Right  wing  • 
being  Examined  concerning  his  discovery  saith 

That  they  took  a  Circuler  March  till  they  had  stear'd  out  of  the 
noyse  of  our  owne  Camp  ;  and  then  thinking  wee  had  heard  the  Noyse 
of  our  owne  Hatchetts,  wee  took  another  Circle  to  the  left  that  wee 
might  be  sure  wee  were  out  of  the   novse  of  Hatchetts;    After  a 
short  time  travelling  wee  heard  a  noyse  of  Hatchetts,  upon  the  left 
wing  on  the  side  of  a  Hill  which  was  near  us  upon  which  wee  march'd 
towards  the  Place  up.^i  discoxery,  and  presently  I  cliscovcrM  a  Smoak 
and    immed.atly   march'd    towards    it   till   the    smoke    cover'd    me  • 
(leaving  the  rest  of  the  men  behind)  I  then  heard  a  great  discourse 
of  men  which  I  took  to  be  Indian,  and  French,  and  so   it  held  a 
Considerable  way  round  the  Hill,  rt  least   half  a  mile  as  I  jud-ed 
upon  which  wee  return'd  another  way  till  wee  came  t(.  our  otvnj 
tracks  ;  and  then  wee  met  with  the  other  Scout,  and  uik.u  our  ac- 
count to  them  of  what  wee  had  discov'd,  they  told  us  they  had  met 
with  a  track  of  twenty  or  Thirty  Doggs,  which  they  Judg'd  to  be  the 
iMiemyes  Doggs,  upon  which  we  return'd  together  to  the  Camp,  to 
make  report  to  our  Cap'  Comandcr  and  thereupon  Liev'  Wayman  mir 


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QUEEN  ANNE'S   WAR. 


Coitiand'call'd  Iiis  Officers  toj^ctlicr,  hut  before  he  had  liberty  to  speak 
his  men  intorniptcd  liim  ;  he  Idd  tiiein  move  off,  Scatter,  and  stand  on 
their  (iuurd,  upon  which  three  (luarters  of  otir  men  ran  away  home- 
wards, the  Capl  Sent  his  Serjeants  and  went  iiimseh"  to  stoji  them,  but 
could  not  do  it,  and  so  wee  were  forced  to  march  home. 

Samuel  Shaddock  and  William  Nutting  of  Serj'  Tarbol's  scout  con- 
firme  'I'arbol's  account,  and  pertic  uleriy  that  article  of  the  disorderly 
returning  of  our  men  or  runing  away  from  tiieir  Cap'  upon  the  iiifor- 
niation  rec''  of  this  discovery. 

'I'he  lOxamination  of  Samuel  Scripture  Conduct  of  the  Scout  on  the 
left  wing  who  saith  That  on  the  sixth  of  february  upon  our  incami)ing 
I  was  sent  upon  discovery  about  Sun  an  lionr  high  at  nigiit  to  march  on 
the  left  wing,  anil  having  marcii'd  about  a  mile  and  a  (luarter,  wee  met 
with  a  Track  which  Jonathan  Hutterfield  wiio  was  w'l'  me  thought  to 
have  bin  a  bitch  wolfe  antl  her  Wiieli)s,  l)ut  I  thought  to  be  Indian 
Doggs,  and  followed  their  track  about  a  (|uarter  of  a  mile,  and  after  a 
small  Stoi)  wee  saw  'J'arbols  scout  who  call'd  us  away  and  told  us  they 
believ'd  there  was  a  thousand  Indians  upon  which  wee  hastened  away 
but  Tarl)ols  scout  ran  so  fast  that  I  could  not  come  up  with  them  to 
un(Kstand  what  their  discovery  was  till  I  came  to  the  Camp ;  where 
Tarbol  related  what  he  had  seen,  all  our  men  Crowded  to  hear  news; 
Lieu'  Wyman  Ord'^d  his  men  to  stand  larther  off  and  give  room  that 
he  might  discourse  his  officers,  upon  which  many  of  them  ran  away, 
and  the  Cap'  Sent  Serj'  Parham  to  stop  tiiem  ;  Lieu'  Wayman  seing 
his  men  desert  him,  and  Tarbols  men  representing  y''  Enemy  as  so 
very  numerous  thought  it  ailviseable  to  ilraw  off  and  accordingly  wee 
made  the  best  of  our  way  home. 

The  Exam,  of  Jonathan  Butterfield  being  of  the  scout  on  the  Left 
wing  Confirmes  Sam' Scriptures  information,  and  tells  us  Lieu!  Waj- 
man  talk'd  of  marching  immediately  to  the  Place  of  discovery  but 
many  of  our  men  moved  off  disorderly  which  the  Cap'  sent  the 
Serj'.'  to  Stopp,  but  could  not  do  it  and  so  were  forced  to  return 
home. 

Serj'  Jn"  I'arham  l)eing  examin'd  upon  the  Article  of  Lieu'  Waymans 
men's  disorderly  and  mutinous  running  away  sayth 

That  Above  half  of  them  ran  away  uj^on  Tarbol's  Examination 
and  that  Leiv'  Wayman  sent  him  after  them  with  Orders  to  turne 
about  and  fire  in  case  of  an  attack  in  the  rear. 


(^UEEN  ANNES   WAR. 


lOi 


LeiV  Scth  Wayman  l.eing  examiuM  c,f  his  proceedinKs  up..,,  his 

receiving  advuo  of  Tarbols  Scout  Sayth  h      \    n  mis 

That  upon  recieving  this  account  he  incouragnl  his  men  by  tcllinc 

1    U  1  o  1  r'.    "'"  "'  ''""""'^'^'^  ^"^'^"^■-''''  -»•  »'^--  -as  a 

soud  r'o7  ;"',  ''•""  '"""  "'^■"^'  ^"^•'  ''^■'--"-'  ^'-t  fonr 

of  the  Knemy      My  ofhcers   advised  me  not   to  go   on.  sayin.   it 
--•<    ■-•  l.resumption,  and  an  apparent  ha.zard  of  mens  lives'to  Fn- 
coun  er  so  great  a  Comj.any.  upon  which  Serj'  Tarhol  threw  .lown 
>.s  Cap,  and  oh.rcl   himself  to  go   if  but  four  men   woui.l  go 
-,  l>wt  ohiccrs  advising  to  the  Company  and   many  of  n^ 

atta.iuc  them  and  accordingly  made  the  best  of  my  way  home 


[Endorsed] 


Court  Martial  at  Groton.     i6 ■  Feb^v  j 706. 


(Massachusetts  Archives,  LI.  (53-137.] 

At  various  times  in  i,s  early  history,  the  town  was  threat- 

.tants  ,„    the  alert,  and  from  time  to  time  conmanies  were 
orsa„.ed  for  the  purpose  of  scouri,,,.  the  „ci,,l,borhr<i 

\V .a, mans  company  was  reconnoitring   through    the    re-ion 
around  and  .ibout  the  Monadnock  .Mountain  " 

On  March  ,2.  ,694-5.  an  Act  was  passed  by  the  General 
Court  w.h,ch  prohibited  the  desertion  „f  fronLr  town  "y 
U,e,nhab,ta„ts  unless  pern.ission  w.as  first  granted  by  the 
Governor  and  Council.     There  were  eleven  s^ch  towns   and 

01  these  out-towns,  who  owned  land  or  houses,  to  take  out  a 
.pecal  hcense,  on   pain   of  forfeiting  their  poper.y,  before 
hey  cou  d   quit   their   hon.es    and    live  el.sLhere      It  w  ^ 
thought  that  the  interest  of  the  Crown  would  be  prejudic  d 


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yUEEN    AN.  ES   WAR. 


and  cncoura^a'mcnt  given  to  the  enemy,  if  any  of  tlicsc 
posts  were  deserted,  or  exposed  by  lessening  their  strength. 
Many  towns  were  threatened  by  the  Indians  about  this  timei 
and  a  few  were  attacked.  It  is  recorded  that  some  of  the 
settlers  liere  left  the  town,  and  there  was  probably  a  move- 
nient  among  the  inhabitants  in  other  places  to  do  the  same. 
This  fact,  undoubtedly,  occasioned  ihe  enactment,  which  was 
to  remain  in  force  "  unto  the  end  of  the  session  of  the  gen- 
eral assembly  to  convene  in  May,  one  thousand  six  hundred 
ninety-six  (if  the  present  war  so  l.)ng  last),  and  no  longer, 
nor  afterwards." 

A  similar  Act  was  again  passed  on  March  22,  1699-1700, 
which  embraced  fourteen  frontier  towns,  of  which  Groton  was 
one,  and  seven  other  towns  that  "  lye  more  open  than  i  ny 
others  to  an  attack  of  an  enemy."  This  enactment  had  a 
limitation  in  point  of  time  similar  to  the  preceding  one. 
Subsequently  this  Act  was  revived  on  June  8,  1702,  with  the 
limitation,  though  no  towns  are  specified  by  name;  again  on 
June  28,  1706,  it  was  re-enacted,  to  remain  in  force  until  June 
29.  1707;  and  still  later,  but  not  for  the  last  time,  it  was 
passed  on  June  lO,  1707.  This  continuous  legislation  to 
prevent  the  desertion  of  the  frontiers  shows  clearly  the  un- 
settled condition  of  the  out-lying  towns  during  Queen  Anne's 
War,  and  Groton  was  no  exception.  In  the  following  letter. 
Captain  Josiah  Parker  refers  to  the  law,  which  was  passed  a 
month  before  the  date  of  writin'^ :  — 

On  a  lector  day.  Groton  July  9.  1707 
May  it  i^lese  your  E.xcelency  I  h.uc  Read  your  K xcelencyes  order 
to  y'  Inhabitants  and  the  law  against  deserting  the  frontiers,  I  could  ilo 
it  no  sooner  for  several  of  the  inhabitants  ware  gon  to  plainfeild  and 
Returned  yesterday,  only  two  stayd  beliind  ;  S^  one  of  those  that 
designe  to  Remove  is  the  Barer  cS:  a  selectman  and  lives  on  the  outsid 
the  Towne.  I  thought  good  to  send  him,  who  can  ac(]uaint  your 
Excelencey  who  is  Removed  cV  who  are  meditating  the  same 

Cap'  Bulkely  vV  \  his  men  are  gon  to  Lancaster  and  the  other  halfe 


QUEEN   ANNE'S   WAR. 


»03 


here,  and  .h,  llxpect  a  Relocx-  lliay  hciiiK  "icn  of  (<,n(i<lral)lc  hi.shan- 
drey  ;  y-  most  of  thorn,  all  y-  pcplc  il,at  will  workc  in  (:<,ni,,ant'ys  have 
Kunls  to  Cover  them  to  their  Content,  if  your  Kxcelencey  i>lese  I 
should  very  glad  of  a  Relie  ;  I  ani  your 

Ivxcelenccs  most  Humhlc 

Servent  Josi.ui   I'akkkr 

[Su|)frscril)L(l] 
To  His 

Kxcelencey  TIk' 

(lounour  att 

Roxltury 
On  Fler  Maj'^  Service 


.,       .      ,  (JROTON  July  y.  1707. 

May  It  please  yo'  I^xcy. 

Acconliiig  to  yo'  lOxryes  Coitiands  wee  have  Sent  an  acrount  of 
those  that  are  either  actually  remov'd,  or  meditating  of  it.  ( )ur  Peo- 
ple are  reduc'd  to  that  degree  that  they  find  themselves  unable  to 
subsist  any  long;  Would  pray  your  Kx?y  either  to  grant  Liberty  for 
their  Remove  or  that  they  may  be  reduc'd  here  intirely  to  a  Carrison 
(of  the  Towne  militia)  for  the  preserving  the  frontiers  ;  wee  thankfully 
acknowledge  your  Kxryes  great  Care  of  us  hitherto,  and  would  pra> 
the  Continuance  of  your  R' gards,  without  which  wee  are  an  undon 
people     Wee  take  leave  to  sulwcribe 

(may  it  please  yo'  llxcy) 

Your  Exeys  most  obed'  Serv'." 

Joseph  Lakin 

'1  own  clarck 
joiis  Farn.sworth 

Jonathan  Boujon    ,- 

Joseph  Lakin         ) 


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men 


|. Superscribed] 
To  His  Kxcelencey 

The  Gounour  att 
Roxbury 


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104 


QUEEN   ANNE'S    WAR. 


If: 


m 


John  Ston 
Jonathan  Pag 
Natlianill  \VoocIs 
Danill  lawranc 
Jolin  Shattuck 
Nathanill  Parker 
Hcnimin  Lakin 
Jonathan  boidon 
John  hiichin 
Zachariah  lawranc: 
Ednian  Chamhrlin 
John  Hall 
Samuell  Shattuck 
Zerriibbiibl  Kamp 
Zachariah  Sartwall 
John  (iilson 
Abraham  lakin 
Josiah  lakin 
Joseph  lakin 
VVilliiam  Lakin 
Willuam  Shattuck 


Grottox  July  ye  9  day  1707 

Joseph  Parahani 

Samuill  Dauis 

Danill  C'adein 
John  Cadein 
John  hoare 
Sanmill  farnsworth 
Josci)h  Hoidon 
Josiah  Whetney 
Corenallus  Whitney 
Joseph  lawranc 
Ebenezer  Nutting 
of  persons  gon 


)   Sel 


act 
men 


John  Farnsworth 

of  the  persons  that  are  consedring  of  going 
Joseph  Lakin 
John  Farxwori.. 
Jonathan  Bohjon  ) 

Joseph  Lakin 

Town  clarck 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  CXIII.  418-420.]  •  ^"^  ^''"0^°" 

A  man  by  the  name  of  Brown  was  killed  here,  on  June  11. 
1707.  The  affair  is  thus  referred  to  in  Pike's  Journal,  printed 
in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society, 
for  September,  1875  :  — 

Jun.  1 1,  7  707.  mr  Dudley  Pradstreets  man  was  slain  by  the  Indians 
at  Groton  —  nomine  Brown.     (XIV.  145.) 


QUEEN   ANNE'S   WAR. 


105 


During  this  period  the  savages  were  still  skulking  in  the 
neighborhood,  doing  what  injury  they  could.     The  following 
Item,  taken  from  "  The  Boston  News-Letter,"  of  August  25 
1707.  describes  an  event  which  alarmed  the  people  of  thi.s 
town :  — 

On  Monday  last  the  i6th  Currant,  Thirteen  Indians  on  the  Fron- 
tiers, snrpnzed  two  men  at  their  Labour  in  the  Meadows  at  Marl- 
borough, about  4  miles  distant  from   the  Lody  of  the  Town    took 
them  both  alive ;  and  as  they  parted  out  of  the  Town,  took  a  Woman 
also  in  their  marching  off.  whom  they  kill'd  :    How  one  of  the  Pris 
oners  broke  away  in  a  Scuffle,  and  brought  home  the  Indians  Gun 
and   Hatchet,  and   accjuainted   the    Ciarison   and    Inhabitants,    who 
speedily  followed   them,  and  were   joyned  by   20    from  Lancaster 
being  in  all  40  odd  came  up  with  the  Enemy,  who  were  also  en- 
creased  to  36,  and  on  Tuesday  at  ten  of  the  Clock  found  them  and 
in  two  hours  exchanged  ten  Shot  a  man,  in  which  Skirmish  we  lost 
two  men,  and  had  too  slightly  wounded ;  and  no  doubt  we  kill'd  sev 
eral  of  the  Enemy,  whose  Tracts  of  being  dragg'd  away  we  saw,  but 
recover  d  but  one  of  them,  tho'  tis  probably  conjectur'd  that  we  kill'd 
10  or  1 2  at  least ;  we  took  24  of  their  Packs,  and  drove  them  off  their 
ground,  and  are  yet  pursued  by  two  Parties  of  the  ¥oxzt^  from  Lan- 
caster  and  Groton,  at  our  Forces  overtaking  and  attacking  the  Enemy 
they  barbarously  murdered  the  Captive. 

The  people  must  have  lived  in  constant  dread  of  the  In- 
dians during  most  of  Queen  Anne's  War.  Sometimes  an 
outlying  farmhouse  was  attacked  and  burned,  some  of  the 
inmates  killed  and  others  carried  away  in  captivity;  some- 
times the  farmer  was  shot  down  while  at  labor  in  the  field  or 
while  going  or  coming.  This  was  the  fate  of  John  Shattuck. 
and  his  son  John,  a  young  man  about  nineteen  years  of  a^e 
who  were  killed  May  8.  1709.  ' 

They  were  returning  from  the  west  side  of  the  Nashua  River 
where  Mr.  Shattuck  owned  land,  and  were  attacked  just  as 
they  were  <  rossing  the  Stony  Fordway.  near  the  present  site 
of  Holhngsworth's  paper-mills,  where  they  were  killed  At 
the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Shattuck  was  one  of  the  selectmen 
ot  the  town.     T3uring  the  autumn  of  1882  Messrs.  Tileston 


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QUEEN   ANNE'S   WAR. 


and  Hollin^rsworth,  of  Boston,  tlic  owners  of  the  mills,  caused 
a  suitable  stone  to  be  placed  by  the  wayside,  bearing  the 
following  inscription :  — 


Hi 


NKAR  THIS   SPOT 

JOHN    SHATTUCK, 

A  SELKCTMAN  OK  GROTON, 

AND 

ins   SON   JOHN 

WERE  KILLED   liV  THE    INDIANS, 

May  8,  i7og, 

WHILE    CROSSING    STONY    FORDWAY, 

JUST  BELOW  THE  PRESEN7   DAM. 

1882. 


A  remarkable  fatality  seems  to  have  followed  Mrs.  Shat- 
tuck's  kindred.  Her  husband  and  eldest  son  were  killed  by 
the  Indians,  as  has  just  been  mentioned.  Her  father,  James 
Blood,  was  likewise  killed,  September  13,  1692.  So  also 
were  her  uncle,  William  Longley,  his  wife  and  five  children, 
July  27,  1694;  and  three  others  of  their  children  were  carried' 
away  into  captivity  at  the  same  time.  A  relative,  James 
Parker,  Jr.,  and  his  wife  were  killed  in  this  assault,  and  their 
children  taken  prisoners.  Her  step-father,  Enoch  Lawrence, 
received  a  wound  in  an  engagement  with  the  Indians,  proba- 
bly in  the  same  attack  of  July  27,  1694,  which  almost  wholly 
prevented  him  from  earning  a  livelihood  for  himself  and 
family.  The  three  Tarbell  children,  who  were  carried  off  to 
Canada  by  the  Indians,  June  20,  1707,  were  cousins  of  Mrs. 
Shattuck.  John  Ames,  who  was  shot  by  the  savages  at  the 
gate  of  his  own  garrison,  July  9,  1724,  was  the  father  of 
Jacob,  who  married  her  niece,  Ruth  Shattuck.  And  lastly, 
her  son-in-law,   Isaac   Lakin,  the  husband   of  her  daughter 


fiii 


QUEEN   ANNE'S   WAR. 


107 


Elizabeth,  was  wounded  in  Lovewcll's  Fight  at  Pequawket, 
May  8,  1725.  These  calamities  covered  a  period  of  only 
one  generation,  extending  from  the  year  1692  to  1725. 

The  Reverend  Wilkes  Allen,  in  his  "  History  of  Chelms- 
ford "  (page  35,  note),  says  that  Major  Tyng  was  wounded  by 
the  Indians  between  Groton  and  Concord,  some  time  during 
the  year  171  r,  and  that  he  was  taken  to  the  latter  town,  where 
he  died. 

Near  the  end  of  Queen  Anne's  War  there  were  eighteen 
garrisons  in  this  town,  containing,  in  all,  fifty-eight  families, 
or  three  nundred  and  seventy-eight  persons.  Of  this  num- 
ber, seventeen  were  soldiers  in  the  public  service  The 
details  are  given  in  "A  List  of  Frontier  Garrisons  Reviewed 
by  Order  of  his  Excellency  the  Govcrnour  [Joseph  Dudley] 
In  Novembr  1 7 1 1 ,"  as  follows :  —  ' 


No 

Garisons 

I 

Serj!  Gillson 

2 

Deacon  Whittneys 

3 

Lien'  Lawrance 

4 

Cap'  Prescott 

5 

Samuel  Parker 

6 

M'  Bradstreet 

7 

Mr  Hubbards 

8 

M[  Lakins 

9 

Ens'-'  Shipple 

10 

M'  Shaddock 

11 

Corp"  Tarl)ell 

I  2 

M'  Holdings 

13 

Ensf  Farnsworth 

14 

M'  Filbrick 

•5 

Mr  Stones 

16 

Chamberlain 

17 

y"^  Cap'  Mill 

18 

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It  woukl  be  intci-cstin^r  to  identify  the  several  sites  of  these 
garrison-houses,  but  that  is  now  impossible.  Mr.  liradstreet's 
house  is  the  only  one  in  tiie  list  still  standin^r.  it  was  built 
durin^r  the  year  1706,  and  is  situated  on  llollis  Street;  it  was 
oeeupied  by  A.  VV.  Churchill  when  the  map.  —  opposite  to 
pa^'e  247.  — in  Mr.  Butler's  History  was  made. 

Captain  I'rescott  lived  at  the  southerly  end  of  the  villa<;e, 
on  the  farm  known  as  the  birthplace  of  Colonel  William' 
I'rescott.  Mr.  1  lubbard  —  or  I  lobart.  as  commonly  written  — 
dwelt  on  the  site  of  the  liaptist  Meetinjr-hou.se.  Mr.  Lakin's 
house  was  probably  in  the  nei^^hborhood  of  the  cemetery, 
and  I<:nsii,Tn  Shepley's  .stood  near  by,  on  the  Martin's  Pond 
road.  Mr.  "  Shaddock  "  was  perhaps  William  Shattuck.  who 
lived  in  the  vicinity  of  Wattle's  Fond;  and  Corporal  Tarbell's 
farm  is  now  occupied  by  James  Lawrence.  Captain  I'res- 
cott's  mill  at  the  l-orge  Village,  now  in  Westford,  is  evidently 
meant  by  "  y^'  Cap"  Mill." 

An  allusion  is  made  probably  to  some  one  captured  during 
Queen  Anne's  War,  in  the  following  extract  from  the  account 
of  a  "Missionary  Tour  in  Maine,"  written  in  the  year  1798, 
by  the  Reverend  Paul  Coffin,  and  printed  in  the  fourth  volume 
of  the  "  Collections  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society:  "  — 

^  Mr.  Russelof  Canaan  [Maine]  told  uie  he  livetl  in  an  house  at 
Groton.  the  owner  of  which  was  (•ai)tivated  by  the  indians,  about 
nuiety  years  ])ast  and  brought  to  Norridgwogg,  where  ho  built  the  first 
Moss-house  which  the  indians  and  French  first  hail  there.  This 
pleased  his  new  masters  so  well  that  they  gave  him  his  redemption. 
(Pages  379,  380.) 


QUEEN   ANNE'S   WAR. 


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II. 

In  a  list  of  prisoners  held  by  the  French  and  Indians  in 
Canada.  March  5,  1710-11,  are  the  names  of  "  Zech  •  Tarbal 
John  Tarbal,  Sarah  Tarbal.   Matt,   l^arnsworth    [and]    1  ydi-i 
Longley"  (Archives,  LXXI.  765).  all  of  Groton.  though  no 
date  of  capture  is  given.     Lydia  Longley  was  taken  by  the 
Indians  on  July  27,  ,694.  and  the  particulars  of  her  case  have 
already  been  told.     The  Tarbell  children  were  carried  off  on 
June  20,  1707;   but  it  is  unknown  when  Matthias  Farnsworth 
was  captured,  and  this  entry  appears  to  be  the  only  record  of 
the  fact.     Sarah.  John,  and  Zechariah  were  children  of  Thomas 
and  FJ.zabeth  (Wood)  Tarbell.  who.  with  a  large  family,  lived 
on  Farmers'  Row.  near  where  James  Lawrence's  house  now 
stands.     Sarah  was  a  girl   nearly  fourteen  years  of  age,  John 
a  lad  of   twelve  years,  and  Zechariah  only  seven,  at  the  time 
when    they   were    taken.      They   were    near    kindred    of  the 
Longley    family,    who    had    been    massacred    thirteen    years 
before.      The  father  was  unquestionably  the  Corporal  Tarbell 
who  commanded,  in  the  autumn  of  171 1,  one  of  the  eighteen 
garrisons  in  the  town. 

The  story  of  their  capture  and  captivity  is  a  singular  one, 
and  sounds  hke  a  romance.     They  were  picking  cherries  early 
one  evenmg.-so  tradition  relates.  -  and  were  taken  before 
they  had  tmie  to  get  down  from  the  tree.     It  should  be  borne 
HI  mind  that  the  date  of  capture,  according  to  the  new  style 
of  reckoning,  was  July  , .  when  cherries  would  be  ripe  enou^rh 
to  tempt  the  appetite  of  climbing  youngsters.     These  children 
were   carried   to  Canada,  where,   it  would   seem,   they  were 
treated  kindly,  as  no  inducement  afterward  was  strong  enough 
to  make  them  return  permanently  to  their  old  home      The 
g.rl  Sarah,  was  sold  to  the  French,  and  placed  in  a  convent  at 
Lach.ne.  near  Montreal ;  but  what  became  of  her  subsequently 
I  am  unable  t,<  sav. 


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Thomas  Tarbell,  the  father  of  tliesc  children,  made  his  will 
September  26,  171 5,  which  was  admitted  to  probate  six  weeks 
later,  and  is  now  on  file  at  the  Middlesex  Probate  Office  in 
East  Cambridge.  After  making  certain  bequests  to  different 
mombers  of  his  fiimily,  he  says :  — 

all  the  rest  &:  residue  of  my  Reall  Estate  I  give  to  be  Equally  di- 
vided between  my  three  children,  John,  Zachary,  &  Sarah  Tarbell, 
upon  their  return  from  Captivity,  or  In  Proportion  unto  any  of  them' 
that  shall  return,  c^-  the  rest,  or  the  parts  belonging  to  them  that  do  not 
return,  shall  be  Equall>  divided  among  the  rest  of  my  children. 

During  my  visit  to  Montreal  in  the  summer  of  1877  I  saw, 
at  the  Congregation  of  Notre  Dame,  the  French  record,  of 
which  the  following  is  a  translation :  — 

On  Monday,  July  23,  1708,  the  ceremony  of  baptism  was  per- 
formed on  Sarah  Tarbell,  who  was  born  at  Groton  in  New  England, 
October  9,  1693.  Pier  jjarents  were  Thomas  Tarbell  and  Elizabeth 
Wood,  both  Protestants,  and  she  was  baptized  by  the  minister  shortly 
after  her  birth.  Having  been  taken  by  the  savages  on  Monday,  June 
20,  1707,  she  was  brought  to  Canada;  she  has  since  been  sold,  and 
has  lived  with  the  Sisters  of  the  Congregation  of  Notre  Dame,  estab- 
lished at  Lachine,  where  she  abjured  her  religion  on  May  i.  Her 
godfather  was  M.  Jacques  Urbain  Robert  de  Lamorandiere,  Secretary 
of  M.  I'Intendant ;  and  her  godmother  was  Madame  Marguerite  Bonat, 
wife  of  M.  Etienne  Pascaud,  the  deputy  treasurer  of  the  King  in  this 
country. 

Her  name  Sarah  has  been  changed  to  Marguerite. 

[Signed]  Mc/'^  Bonat, 

Pascaud, 

LAMORANDlfeRK, 

Meriel,  Pretre. 

The  boys  remained  for  many  years  with  their  captors  at 
Caughnawaga,  an  Indian  village  on  the  right  bank  of  the  St. 
Lawrence  River,  directly  opposite  to  Lachine. 


QUEEN   ANNES   WAR. 


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It  is  supposed  that  they  left  this  place  about  the  year  1760 
when  they  moved  up  the  river,  in  order  to  establish  another 
settlement. 

In  the  year  1713  John  Stoddard  and  John  Williams  were 
apponited  by  Governor  Joseph  Dudle>',  to  go  to  Quebec  and 
treat  with  the  Governor-General  of  Canada  for  the  release 
of  the  New  England  prisoners.  They  were  accompanied 
by  Thomas  Tarbell, —  probably  the  elder  brother  of  the 
boys,  —  and  we  find  his  petition  presented  to  the  House  of 
Representatives,  June  i,  1715,  "praying  consideration  and 
allowance  for  his  Time  and  Ivxpences  in  going  to  Canada 
with  Major  Stoddard  &  Mr.  Witliams,  Anno  1713,  to  re 
cover  the  Captives." 

The  petition  was  referred,  and,  on  the  next  day,  — 

Capt.  Noycs  from  the  Committee  for  Petitions,  made  Report  on 
the  Petition  of  Thonms  Tarboll,  viz.  That  they  are  of  Opinion  that 
nothing  is  due  from  the  Province  to  the  said  Tarboll,  since  he  pro- 
ceeded as  a  Volunteer  in  that  Service  to  Canada,  &  not  imployed  by 
the  Covernment,  but  recommended  him  to  the  favour  of  the  House. 

The  report  was  accepted,  and,  in  consideration  of  Tarbell's 
services,  he  was  allowed  ten  pounds  out  of  the  public  treasury. 
Captain  Stoddard's  Journal,  giving  an  account  of  the  nego- 
tiations, is  printed  in  "The  New  England  Historical  a'iid 
Genealogical  Register"  (v.  26),  for  January,  185 1,  and 
Tarbell's  name  is  mentioned  in  it. 

We  find  no  further  trace  of  these  boys,  now  grown  up  to 
manhood,  during  the  twenty-five  years  following  this  attempt 
to  release  the  New  England  prisoners.  In  the  winter  of  1739 
John  and  Zechariah  Tarbell  came  back  to  Groton  in  order  to 
visit  their  kinsfolk  and  see  their  native  town.  They  were  so 
young  when  carried  away  that  their  recollections  of  the  place 
were  of  course  very  indistinct.  It  is  not  known  now  under 
what  circumstances  or  influences  they  returned.  An  itemized 
bill  of  the  expense  incurred  in  bringing  them   back  from 


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Canada  was  made  cnit  a^Minst  their  brotlu-rs,  'Ihomas  and 
Samuel,  and  perhaps  paid  by  liicm.  Shortly  afteiuaid  Thom- 
as Tarbell  petitioned  the  (ieneial  Court  lor  means  to  enable 
him  to  meet  the  necessary  charges  of  the  journey,  besides 
the  expenses  of  an  interi)reter ;  and  a  conditional  loan  was 
granted.  The  record  does  not  say  whether  it  was  ever  paid 
back  by  him.  The  papers  relatinjr  to  the  subject  are  as 
follows :  — 

1 )[     Mess':  Thomas  6-  Smnud  Tfuirhell  to  William  A'ogas  yu,r     C 

Jan'^    lb  so'I'  Hiskett 

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I'llls  a  b  6  p  V.W  '  I  ^' 

To  Lodging  Vietiil  \-;  9  days  a  \  each  i  16 
To  1  rorse  Hire  to  Kinderhook  \:  expene'^^  1 5 
To  Lodging  Virtu'  I't;  at  Westcuhook  7 

To  horse  Hire  from  Westfield  to  Cro!'  10 


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I'o  my  'I'rouhlc   for  l)riiiging  your 
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16. 


I'ruvince  of  the       )  '^ "  !^''  ^'^'''''^'^'W'iV  y<mat/i,vi  Belcher  Esq   GiW 
Massachusetts  l!ay    \      ^^^"'f  '^'^"'  ^f""''  Coitiuill  6-  Jloitse  of  Rep'"" 
)      in  Genrrall  Court  Assembled  April/  23 '  1 7  39 
The  Petition  of  Thon,as  Tarl.cll  of  (Iroton  J-:i,lc-r  Jirotlicr  To\is 
IwoU„A.rtunatc  Brothers  Taken  into  Captivity  in  ti,e  fonner  Wa 
humbly  Sheweth 

Tiiat  he  (loes  with  utmost  thankfullness  acknowledge  Tiie  Creat 
avonr  of  th,s  (  onrt  ICxpressed  towards  his  said  ]5rothers  and  for  y 
..eat  encouragen.ent  yon  have  been  pleased  to  give  In  or.ler  to  Kxcite 
them  to  come  over  &:  settle  amongst  us 

But  in  as  much  as  the  Charges  of  their  coming  down  and  y  Inter- 

pretor  who  attended  them  amounts  'Jb  one  /lundred  ^   Twenty  one 

pound   14  9    (The  italicise.I  words  in   the  petition  are  erased,  an<l 

'■lourty  poun.l  new  tennor  Hill"  interlined.]  which  your  petitioner 

nust  1  ay  .V  not  bemg  in  a  Capacity  to   Raise  so  much  mony  at  this 

■me  he  most  humbly  prays  your  I^x.elicn.y  .^  Hon-  would  of  your 

(.reat  (;oo,lness  be  pleased  to  make  him  a  C.rant  of  so  much  or  to 

allow  h,m  to  receive  y-  same  out  of  the  I'ublick  Treasury  and  C.rant 

hmi  such  tune  for   Repaymt  thereof   again  as  to  your  l.lxcellcncy  ^• 

Hon^  HI  your  great  Coo.lness  shall  seem  meet,  your  petitioners  giving 

good  se.-urity  therefor  cV  as  in  Duty  bound  shall  luer  pray  .\:c     '        "^ 

1  Massachusetts  Archives,  XV.  .V  ,;.]  '^'"'''  Takiu;!.!,. 

In  the  House  of  Rep-:'  April  24'''  1739. 
Read  and  in  answer  to  this  petition 

Voted  that   Mr  Treasurer  ffoye  be  .^-  hereby  is   impowered  and 
directed  to  advance  to  the  petitioner  Thomas  Tarbell  the  sum  of 

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Thirty  Nine  pounds  Eleven  sliillin^n;s  md  seven  pence  out  of  the 
pul)li(  k  I'reasury  provided  the  said  Tarhell  give  good  security  for  re- 
imbursing tlie  Treasury  the  said  sum  within  the  space  of  two  years  at 
the  farthest,  in  Case  his  two  Brothers  do  not  within  diat  time  return 
with  their  ffamihes  iV  dwell  among  us  in  this  (iovernment 


Sent  up  for  Concurrence 


J.  (,)i;iNcv  SpV 


In  Council  April  24  i  739     Read  and  Nonconcurr'd. 

StMoN  Kkosi    Dep'  Sec7 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  XV.  A  17. j 

///  t/u-  J  louse  of  Reprcscntathvs  April  21.  i  739 

In  Consideration  of  that  Clause  in  His  JOxcollency's  speech  for 
inducing  some  lOnglish  Captives  lately  come  trom  Canada  to  return 
hither  again  by  giving  them  some  proper  lincouragement  Ordered 
that  the  sum  of  Forty  pounds  new  tenor  bills  be  granteil  iV  allowed 
to  be  paid  out  of  the  i)ublick  'i'reasury  to  Joseph  Kellogg  Ivsijr  and  liy 
him  to  be  ])ai(l  and  disposed  of  to  (.\:  for  the  use  of  the  two  Captives 
viz'  John  Tharbell  and  Zechariah  Tharbell  in  the  following  Manner 
viz!  Sixteen  pounds  thirteen  shillings  I'v  four  i)ence  jjart  thereof  to  be 
laid  out  at  their  discretion  as  a  present  to  their  wives  in  the  jjurchase 
of  such  things  as  tliey  are  desirous  of.  and  that  the  like  sum  of  sixteen 
pounds  thirteen  shillings  iV  four  pence  be  given  to  be  at  their  own 
disposall,  and  the  remainder  thereof  viz.  six  pounds  thirtteen  shillings 
<S:  four  ])ence  be  given  them  to  bear  their  charges  homewards 

and  further  the  assurance  of  this  Ciovernment  is  hereby  given  them 
that  if  they  shall  return  with  their  Families  to  live  among  us  they  shall 
be  put  i\:  kept  in  the  pay  of  the  province  as  Soldiers  at  Fort  Dummer 
during  Life  to  give  them  bread  for  their  Families  without  being  obliged 
to  the  duty  of  the  Carison  only  behaving  themselves  peaceably  and 
Orderly  among  us  ;  and  that  each  of  them  shall  have  a  right  in  some 
new  townshij),  or  two  hundred  acres  of  Land  a  jiiece  for  an  Inherit- 
ance to  them,  and  their  heirs,  where  it  shall  be  found  most  fit  and 
convenient  and  also  that  on  their  return  again  with  their  ffamilies  to 
dwell  here  as  aforesaid  this  Covernment  will  pay  to  their  Brethren 
namely  Thomas  cS;  Samuel  Tharbell  the  am"  of  M!  \\'illiam  Rogers  Junr 


qul;i:\  annk's  war. 


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his  accompt  tor  the  Charge  of  tl.ur  Jcn.rncy  down  \-  now  exhibited 
being  forty  pounds,  eleven  shillings  .\:  seven  pence 
Sent  ".p  for  Concurrence 

,,.,..,  J-  QuiNcv  Si)':' 

In  (  ouncil  April  24.  1739 

Read  and  Concurr'd 

25  :  Consented  to,  i  u„,  ...r    c    - 

'  .1  \\  iLLAKi)  Secry 

J   Hki-chkr 

[Massacliusetls  Archives,  XV.  A  iS,  19] 

On  April  20  Governor  Ik^Ichcr  brought  the  case  of  these 
captives  to  the  attention  of  the  Council  and  the  House  of 
K.presentatives;  and  this  action  on  his  part  prompted  the 
petition  of  Thomas  Tarbell.  The  (Governor  then  made  a 
speech,  in  which  he  said: 

There  are  lately  ,-ome  from  Canada  some  Persons  that  were  taken 
hy  the  iMd.ans  rom  (;roton  above  thirty  N'ears  ago,  who  (its  believed) 
may  be  induced  to  return  into  this  Province,  on  your  giving  them 
some  proper  Encouragement :  If  this  Matter  might  be  effeete.l  I 
should  thmk  It  would  be  not  only  an  Act  of  Compassion  in  order 
U.  reclaim  them  from  the  lOrrors  and  Delusions  of  the  Romish 
K  ith  ,;  but  their  living  among  us  might,  in  Time  to  come,  be  of  great 
Advantage  to  the  Province.  ^ 

This  subject  was  referred  the  same  day  to  a  Committee 
eonsisting  of  John  Read,  of  Boston.  William  Fairfield,  of 
Wenham.  Ihomas  Wells,  of  Deerfield.  Benjamin  Browne,  of 
Salem,  and  Job  Almy,  of  Tiverton.  On  the  ne.xt  day,  April 
21 -as  we  read  in  the  printed  Journal  of  the  House  of 
Kepresentatives  — the  chairman  of 

The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  that  Paragraph  in  His  I'x- 
cellency's  SPJ^ECH  relating  to  the  Encouragement  of  two  En-lish 
Captives  from  Gvnr./a,  rh.  yolm  Tharbdl  and  Zcchariah  ThaH,cil 
niade  report  thereon  which  he  read  in  his  Place,  and  then  delivered' 
It  at  the  lable;  and  after  some  debate  thereon,  the  House  did  not 
accept  the  Report  ;  and  having  considered  the  same  Article  by  Article 


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tlie  House  came  into  a  Vote  tlicrcon,  aiul  sent  the  same  u|)  to  the 
honoiiral)le  Hoard  for  Com  tirrenee. 

On  the  23cl,  uc  fintl  — 

A  Petition  of  Thomas  Tliarhcll  of  Groton,  Mlclcr  Brother  of  the 
two  Mr.  Tharbi-lls  lately  returned  tVom  (.'aptivity  in  Canit<i,i,  prayinjj 
he  may  l)e  allowed  the  Loan  of  some  Nhjney  to  enable  him  to  pay 
William  Rogers,  jtm.  his  Account  of  Charges  in  bringing  liis  Mrethren 
to  Boston.  Read  and  Onicnd,  That  the  I'etition  be  considered  to 
morrow  morning. 

On  the  next  day, — 

The  House  pass'd  a  Vote  on  the  Petition  of  Thomas  Tharbcll  of 
Grofoii,  praying  as  entred  the  23d  current,  and  sent  the  same  up  to 
the  honourable  Board  for  Concurrence. 

All  these  efforts,  however,  to  reclaim  the  two  men  from 
savage  life  proved  unavailing;  for  it  is  knf)wn  that  they  re- 
mained with  the  Indians  and  became  naturalized,  if  I  may 
use  the  expression.  They  married  Indian  wives,  and  were 
afterward  made  chiefs  at  Caughnawaga  and  St.  Regis,  vil- 
lages in  Canada.  Their  descendants  are  still  living  among 
the  Indians,  and  the  Tarbells  of  the  present  day,  in  this  town, 
are  their  collateral  kindred.  Nearly  forty  years  after  their 
capture.  Governor  Hutchinson  met  them  in  New  York  State, 
and  in  his  "  History  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay" 
refers  to  them  thus :  — 

I  saw  at  Albany  two  or  three  men,  in  the  year  i  744,  who  came 
in  with  the  Indians  to  trade,  and  who  hail  been  taken  at  (Iroton  in 

this,  that  is  called  Queen  Ann's  war.      One  of  them  Tarbell, 

was  said  to  be  one  of  the  wealthiest  of  the  ( 'agnawaga  tribe.  He 
made  a  visit  in  his  Indian  dress  and  with  hi  livliin  comi)le\ini,  (for 
by  means  of  grease  and  paints  but  little  difference  could  be  discerned) 
to  his  relations  at  Groton,  but  had  no  inclination  to  remain  there. 
(II.  139.) 

This  is  another  account  from  "The  Galaxy  "  magazine,  for 
January,  1870:  — 


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It  IS  related  that,  ahotit  a  rcnti.ry  and  a  half  ago,  while  a  cnple  ut 
boys  and  a  girl  were  i,L,),ng  in  a  barn  at  (Irotoii,  Massaeh.isetts 
H<»me  In.iians  suddenly  appeared,  seized  the  l,„ys  and  ncd,  carrying 
them  to  the  village  of  Caughnawaga.  nm.-  miles  ahovc  Montreal 
where  they  grew  up  with  the  Indian  habits,  manners,  and  lan-tiage' 
being  finally  adopted  as  members  of  the  trii,e  ;  and  married  h.dian 
brides  selected  from  the  daughters  of  the  principal  chiefs.    ( IX.  ,  24. ) 

Some  years  after  this  time,  these  two  youn<,^  men  —  now  oc- 
cupying tile  position  of  chiefs  —  moved  up  the  .St.  Lawrence 
River,  accompanied  by  several  others,  all  with  their  families 
and  established  the  villajre  of  St.  Regis.     This   Indian  .settle- 
ment IS  pleasantly  situated  on  the  right  bank  of  the  St.  Law- 
rence, the  boundary  line  which  separates  the  State  of  New 
York    from   Canada   running  through   it.     I<rom   its  peculiar 
position,  it  was  agreed,  during  the  last  war  with  Lngland.  that 
the   Indians   shoukl    remain    neutral,    but   the    compact    was 
often  broken.     In  the   summer  of   1852  the  tribe  numbered 
about  eleven  hundred  persons,  of  whom  it  is  said  that  not  one 
was  of  pure  Indian  origin. 

Many  interesting  facts  concerning  the  Tarbells  at  St.  Regis 
are  found  in  the  "History  of  St.  Lawrence  and  I-rankHn 
Counties,  New  York"  (Albany,  1853),  by  Dr.  Franklin  B. 
Hough.  A  part  of  the  village  comes  within  the  limits  of 
I-ranklin  County;  and  the  author  has  gathered  up  some 
of  the  stories  still  told  about  these  two  brothers  in  that 
neighborhood.  He  gives  the  following  accounts,  which  are 
largely  traditional,  but  with  some  truth  at  the  bottom  :  — 

About  a  hundred  anil  thirty  years  ago,  three  children  (a  girl  about 
twelve  or  thirteen  years  of  age.  and  two  j'ounger  brothers)  were  i)lay- 
ing  together  in  a  barn,  in  the  town  of  CJroton,  Massachusetts,  and 
being  absent  from  the  house  longer  than  was  expected,  their  mother 
became  solicitous  about  them,  and  went  to  find  them.  The  girl  was 
lying  on  the  floor,  with  a  limb  broken,  and  the  boys  were  missing. 

She  related  that  seeing  some  Indians  coming,  she  fled  to  the'Iipper 
part  of  the  barn,  and  fell  by  accident  from  the  beams  above,  and  that 


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they  had  scizcfl  the  two  boys  and  carried  them  away.  The  stealthy 
manner  of  this  seizure,  and  tlie  time  tluit  had  ela])sed,  forbade  pursuit 
with  any  hope  of  success,  and  the  chstracted  parents  were  left  to  mourn 
the  loss  without  consolation  or  hojje.  The  probable  moti\e  for  the 
seizure  of  thrsc  children  was  the  e.\])ectation  that  a  bounty  would  be 
offered  for  their  ransom  ;  or  perhajjs  they  migiit  be  exchanged  for 
French  prisoners. 

As  afterwartls  appeared,  these  boys  were  taken  by  the  Caugimawaga 
Indians  to  their  village  near  Montreal,  where  they  were  ado[)ted  as 
their  own  children,  growing  up  —  in  habits,  manners,  and  language  — 
as  Indians,  and  in  due  time  they  married  the  daughters  of  chiefs  of 
that  tribe.  'l"he  names  of  these  chiefs  were  Sa-kon-en-tsi-ask  and 
Ata-wen-ta. 

But  they  possessed  the  superiority  of  intellect  and  enter])rise  which 
belonged  to  their  race;  and  this  led  to  a  series  of  petty  quarrels, 
growing  out  of  the  jealousy  of  the  young  Indians  of  their  age,  which 
disijuieted  the  village,  and  by  the  party  spirit  which  it  engendered, 
became  a  source  of  irritation  and  trouble  in  the  settlement,  and  of 
an.xiety  on  the  part  of  their  missionary,  who  laboreil  in  vain  to 
reconcile  the  difficulties  between  them. 

Failing  in  tiiis,  he  adviised  the  two  joung  men  (one  of  whom  they 
had  named  Ka-re-ko-wa)  to  remove  with  their  faiiiilies  to  a  place  hy 
themselves,  where  they  might  enjoy  tranquillity,  and  be  beyond  the 
reach  of  annoyani  e  from  their  comrades. 

Tiiis  advice  they  adoi^ted  ;  and  ta.cing  with  them  their  wives,  and 
followed  by  their  wives'  parents,  these  four  families  departed  in  a  bark 
canoe,  with  their  effects,  to  seek  in  a  new  country,  and  in  the  secluded 
recesses  of  the  forest,  a  home. 

I'hey  coasted  along  up  the  St.  Lawrence,  and  at  length  arrived  at 
the  delightful  point  on  which  the  village  of  St.  Regis  now  stands,  where 
they  landed  and  took  possession. 

The  name  of  these  youtlis,  was  Tari!i:i,i,,  and  their  descendants 
have  always  resiiled  at  St.  Regis,  and  some  of  them  have  been  dis- 
tinguished as  chiefs  and  headmen  of  the  tribe.  One  of  these  named 
Lesor  Ta.bell,  and  a  son  of  his  name,  was  a  prominent  chief,  about 
fifty  years  since,  and  very  muc:h  esteemed  by  the  whites  for  his 
prudence,  candor,  and  great  worth  of  character. 

The  name  of  Tarbeil  is  said  to  be  very  common  in  Croton  to 
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Another  traditional  version  of  the  account  differs  in  some  particulars 
from  that  just  related,  antl  is  as  follows  : 

Three  lads  and  an  elder  sister  were  playing  together  in  a  field, 
when  they  were  surprised  by  a  small  ]xirty  of  Indians.  One  of  the 
boys  escai)ed,  but  the  rest  were  seized,  and  marched  ihat  day  about 
fourteen  miles  into  the  woods,  towards  Canada,  when  it  coming  on 
dark,  they  came  to  a  halt,  and  camped  for  the  night.  Thinking  their 
l)risoner  secure,  the  Indians  were  less  watchful  than  usual,  and  finally 
all  fell  asleep. 

The  girl,  about  twel\-e  years  old,  kejil  awake,  and  seeing  the  rest 
asleep,  her  first  thought  was  to  awaken  her  brothers,  and  attempt  to 
escape  ;  but  fearing  to  distiui)  the  Indians,  should  she  attemj)!  this,  and 
thus  prevent  any  possibility  of  escape,  she  crept  carefully  out  from 
among  them,  and  struck  off  in  the  direction  of  her  home,  which  she 
at  length  reached  after  undergoing  great  hardsliip. 

One  of  the  lads  on  growing  up  went  off  to  the  northwest ;  the  other 
married,  and  subsecjuently,  with  his  wife  and  one  or  two  other  families, 
mo\ed  off,  and  made  the  first  settlement  at  St.  Regis. 

From  the  abundance  of  jiartridges  which  the  thicket  afforded  they 
called  it  Ak-wis-sas-nk,  "  where  the  i)artridge  drums,"  and  this  name  it 
still  retains. 

'I'hese  fomilies  were  Ii\ing  \ery  peaceably  together,  and  had  made 
small  clearings  for  cornfields,  when  they  were  joined  by  Father 
Anthony  Gonlon,  a  Jesuit  from  Caughnawaga,  with  a  colony  of  these 
Indians,  in  1760. 

The  year  of  this  settlement  is  known  by  the  fact  that  they  were  met, 
near  Coieau  du  Lac,  by  Lord  Amherst,  who  was  descending  the  St. 
Lawrence,  to  complete  the  conquest  of  Canada.  Cordon  named  the 
place  St.  Rkcjis.     ( Pages  1 1  i-i  13.) 

In  former  j-cars  the  St.  Regis  Indians  had  certain  rights  in 
a  land  reservation  i..  ^hc  State  of  New  York;  and  more  than 
once  treaties  were  made  between  the  Governor  of  the  State 
and  the  cliicts  of  the  tribe,  among  whom  were  descendants  of 
these  Tarbcll  boys.  A  treaty  was  signed  on  I-Y-bruary  20, 
IcSiH,  in  behalf  of  the  Indians,  by  Loran  Tarbcll  and  Thomas 
Tarbcll,  and  two  other  chiefs.  Another  treaty  was  signed  on 
September   23,    1825,  by  eleven    chiefs   and   trustees   of  the 


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tribe,  including  IV-tcr  TaibcU,  'Ihonias  Taibell,  Mitchcl  Tar- 
bcll,  Lonis  Tarbcll,  and  Hatticc  Tarbcll.  Some  of  these 
names,  I  am  sure,  will  sound  familia;-  to  the  older  inhabitants 
of  Groton.  It  is  very  likely  that  Hattice  is  the  same  as  Sabat- 
tis,  an  Indian  name,  which  is  said  to  be  a  corruption  of  Sai;/t 
Baptistc. 

Dr.  Ilout;h  writes  about  one  of  the  earlier  members  of  the 
faniil\-  as  follows  :  — 

A  hair  breed  Indian,  who  usually  was  known  as  TivrER  thk.  Bu; 
Si'KAK,  was  a  son  of  Lcsor  'larhoji,  one  of  the  lads  who  had  been 
stolen  away  from  Clroton  by  the  bidians,  and  who  subsecniently  be- 
came one  of  the  hrst  settlers  who  preceded  the  founding  of  St. 
Regis. 

He  was  a  man  of  much  address  and  ability  as  a  speaker,  and  was 
selected  as  the  mouthpiece  of  the  tribe  on  the  more  important  occ-asions 
that  jiresenteil  tliemselves.      (Page  1.S2.) 

The  statement  is  wront;-,  however,  that  Lcsor  was  the  name 
of  one  of  the  captured  boys.  It  is  perfectly  well  known  that 
their  names  were  John  and  Zechariah,  but  it  is  not  improb- 
able that  one  of  their  sons  was  named  Lcsor.  If  this  was  the 
case,  it  was  intended,  doubtless,  for  Eleazer,  the  name  of  their 
youngest  brother,  who  was  less  than  two  months  old  when 
they  were  carried  off.  It  certainlx'  would  be  a  very  touching 
tribute  to  their  childish  recollections  if  they  had  remembered 
this  little  babe  at  home,  and  carried  him  in  their  thoughts  for 
so  many  }-ears. 

In  the  year  1772  the  Reverend  Mr.  Ripley  and  Lieutenant 
Ta)lor  went  on  a  mission  to  Canada,  in  order  to  induce  some 
Indian  children  to  join  the  Charity  School  at  Hanover,  New 
Hampshire.  They  returned  September  21,  bringing  with 
them  eight  boys  from  Caughnawaga,  and  two  from  Lorette, 
a  village  near  Ouebec.  Among  these  lads  was  a  descendant 
of  one  of  the  Tarbcll  captives.  An  account  of  this  visit  to 
Canada  is  given  in  the  appendix  to  a  ])amphlet  entitled  "  A 
Continuation  of  the  Narrative  of  the  Indian  Charity  School," 


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by  I>:icazcr  VVhccIock,  D.  I  J.,  and  published  in  the  year  1773. 
The  following  extract  is  taken  from  it :  — 

'I'hc  saniL'  day  a  (oimcil  of  the  (  hicfs  of  that  tril)e  [Catighnawaga] 
was  called  to  consider  of  the  proposal  of  sending  their  children  to  this 
school,  which  Mr.  Ripley  had  left  to  their  consideration,  in  which  they 
were  to  a  man  agreed  in  the  affirmative,  and  acknowledged  with  grati- 
tude the  benevolence  and  kindness  of  their' offer:  They  continued 
united  and  firm  to  the  last  in  that  determination  against  the  most  warm 
and  zealous  remonstrances  of  their  priest.  b(jth  in  ])ul)lic  and  private  ; 
in  consetiuence  of  which  determination,  nine  of  their  boys  were  made 
ready  to  accompany  Mr.  Ripley  hither ;  three  of  which  were  children 
or  descendants  from  captives,  who  had  been  captivated  when  they 
were  young,  and  lived  with  them,  till  they  were  naturalized  and  married 
among  them.     One  was  a  descendant  from  Rev.  Mr.  Williams  who  was 
captivated  from  Deerfield  in  1704,  but  the  boy  was  taken  sick  with  the 
measles,  and  thereby  his  coming  was  prevented  ;  but  may  be  e.\i)ected 
in  the  spring.     Another  was  a  descendant  from  Mr.  Tarbnll,  who  was 
captivated   from  (Iroton,  in  the  year  1700  [1707?],  who   is  now  a 
hearty  and  active  man,  and  the  eldest  chief  and  chief  speaker  of  the 
tribe.     He  expressed  great  affec  tion  to  his  relations  in  New-England, 
sent  his  love  to  them,  and  desired  they  might  be  informed  that  he  had' 
a  grandson  at  this  school.      The  other  was  son  to  Mr.  Stacey,  who  wa« 
captivated  from   Ii)swich,  and   is  a  good  interjjreter  for  that  tribe. 
(Pages  39,  40.) 

Another  reference  to  the  same  subject  is  found  in  the 
first  volume  of  Farmer  &  Moore's  "  Collections,"  published 
at  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  in  the  year  1822.  It  is  as 
follows  :  — 

In  1772,  Rev.  SviA'ANUs  Rh-i.f.v  and  Lt.  J()SF.p[^  Tavi.or.  who  acted 
as  interi)reter,  went  on  a  mission  to  the  Indian  tribes  in  Canaila. 
They  returned  to  Hanover  on  the  2rst  of  SL-ptember,  and  brought 
with  them  ten  children  from  those  tribes,  to  receive  an  education  in 
the  school  at  Dartmouth  College.  Two  of  inese  children  were  taken 
by  the  Indians  in  former  wars,  while  they  were  young,  and  were 
I)rought  up  in  the  language  and  customs  of  the  natives.  One  of  them 
was  a  grandson,  about  eight  years  old,  of  a  Mr.  Tarbell,  who  was 


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taken  from  Groton,  in  Massachusetts,  in  tiie  year  1704  [1707?],  when 
he  was  alxjut  ten  years  old.  Mr.  Tarheil  was  then  in  vigorous  health 
and  the  oltlest  chief  in  tiie  village.  He  expressed  much  joy  in  seeing 
Messrs.  Ripley  and  Taylor,  and  earnestly  encouraged  his  grandson  in 
leaving  his  Indian  relatives  to  receive  the  benefits  of  education. 
'I'here  was  another  youth,  a  grandson  of  Mrs.  I'AUiice  Williams,  who 
was  taken  captive  with  her  father,  the  Rev.  John  Williams,  of  Deer- 
field,  Feb.  29,  1704,  that  would  have  accompanied  them,  but  was 
prevented  by  indisposition.      (Pages  63,  64.) 

A  Frcncliman  by  the  name  of  I-'ovei  visited  St.  Rcj^is  in 
the  year  1826,  and  induced  one  of  the  Tarbell  family,  whose 
Indian  name  was  Joseph  Torakaron,  to  accompany  him  to 
Europe.  Torakaron  was  to  travel  in  tlic  character  of  an 
Indian  cliicf,  and  Fovcl  was  to  act  as  interpreter  and  agent. 
The  story  is  thus  told  by  Dr.  Hough,  in  his  History:  — 

In  1826,  a  young  Frenchman,  by  the  name  of  Fovel,  who  had  been 
for  some  time  at  Montreal,  visited  St.  Regis,  and  induced  one  yoscpli 
Torakarou,  (sometimes  known  l)y  his  lOnglish  name  of  Tarbell,)  to  con- 
sent to  accompany  him  to  luirope.  Torakaron  was  to  travel  in  the 
character  of  an  Indian  chief,  (which  office  he  then  held  at  St.  Regis,) 
and  his  companion  in  tliat  of  inter])reter,  solicitor,  treasurer,  and 
agent.  The  motives  held  out  to  the  chief  were,  that  they  should  be 
able  to  obtain  donations  for  the  endowment  of  their  church,  and 
doubtless  large  sums  as  presents  to  themselves.  Having  made  all 
necessary  arrangements,  and  being  furnished  with  letters  from  Si. 
Regis,  Montreal  anil  (Quebec,  certifying  tiie  standing  of  Torakaron  at 
home,  the  two  proceeded  by  way  of  New  \'t)rk  and  Havre,  to  Paris. 
The  conductor  here  obtained  an  interview  with  Charles  X,  and  so 
favorable  an  impression  was  made  u])on  the  mind  of  the  king,  that  he 
]3resented  them  with  three  fine  paintings,  and  a  large  sum  in  money, 
and  other  valuable  articles. 

Thence  they  jjroceeded  by  way  of  Marseilles,  to  Rome,  and 
obtained  an  inter\iew  with  the  ])(j|)e. 

During  a  conversation,  the  pope  asked  the  Indian  if  he  could 
converse  in  another  language  than  his  own,  and  finding  him  able  to 
use  the  English  and   French  to  some  degree,  he  invited  him  to  a 


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second  interview  alone.  The  result  was,  that  a  set  of  hooks  and  silver 
plate,  for  the  service  of  the  church,  a  rosary  of  jewels  and  gold,  worth 
it  is  said  31400,  and  other  articles  of  value,  were  given  him.  1"hey 
thence  returned  to  Marseille.,,  where  they  silent  the  winter,  antl  in 
1828  returned  by  way  of  Paris  and  Havre  to  New  \ork.  Here  the 
treasurer,  or  interpreter,  or  whatever  else  he  might  be  called,  evinced 
his  true  character  by  al)sconding  with  every  article  of  value,  except 
the  rosary  and  paintings,  leaving  Torakaron  without  means  even  to 
return  home.  He  was  enabled  to  do  so  through  the  charity  of  friends, 
and  the  paintings  were  soon  after  dei)osited  in  their  destined  place'. 
Two  arc  now  at  St.  Regis,  and  the  third  in  the  church  at  Caughna- 
waga.  Of  the  former,  those  who  visit  the  church  will  recognize  in  a 
painting  over  the  altar,  the  portrait  of  St.  Regis,  and  in  the  one  to  the 
left,  near  the  pulpit,  that  of  St.  Frangois  Xavier.     (Page  166.) 


Pa' 


In  the  summer  of  1877  I  visited  .St.   Regis,  where  I  met  a 

grandson  of  one  of  the  Tarbell  captives.     Me  was  more  than 

eighty  years  old,  and   could  speak  only  Indian  ;   and   I  had 

to   talk   with   him    through   an   interpreter.      I    learned    that 

he   was    aware    that    his    grandfather   had   been   taken  when 

a  boy,   from  a  town  near  Boston,  and  tliat  lie  had  kinsfolk 

still  living  there.     What  interested   me  exceedingly  was  the 

physical  resemblance  between  him  and  some  of  his  collateral 

relations,   who   lived   and    died   at    Squannacook  within   my 

recollection.     He  was  a  man  of  ordinary  size,  with  a  sunburnt 

fitcc  and  gray  hair,  though  somewhat  bald.     There  was  but 

little  appearance  of  Indian  blood  in  his  veins,  and  he  would 

have  passed  anywhere  for  a  good-looking  old  man.     He  lived 

with  one  of  his  sons  in  a  small  house  that  was  clapboarded 

and  painted,  —  and  one  of  the  best  in  the  village,  —  where, 

surrounded  by  his  grandchildren,  he  was  passing  the  declining 

years  of  his  life  in  comfortable  ease. 

T  was  also  interested  to  learn  from  the  Reverend  Francis 
Marcoiix,  the  parish  priest,  that  the  Tarbells  were  among  the 
most  prominent  families  of  the  settlement,  where  there  are, 
perhaps,  forty  persons  who  bear  the  name.     They  keep  up, 


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in  a  great  nicasurc,  the  same  <;iven  names  that  arc  common 
amony  their  kindred  in  this  neiL,rhb()rhu()d.  The  inhabitants 
of  St.  Regis,  for  the  most  part,  retain  the  JuigHsh  names  of 
their  fathers,  and  besides,  have  Indian  ones. 

In  tracing  the  career  of  these  boys  and  their  descendants 
down  nearly  to  the  present  time,  the  account  sounds  more 
like  fiction  than  the  sober  truth  of  history.  The  trail  of  their 
adventures  is  covered  up  witli  so  many  improbabilities  that 
the  mere  narration  of  them  excites  marvel  and  womler. 

During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  Louis  Tarble,  a  son  of 
Thomas,  of  St.  Regis,  who  was  descended  from  one  of  the 
capti\es,  served  two  years  in  the  Thirty-fourth  New  York 
Volunteers,  and  subsequently  in  the  Kleventh  United  States 
Infantry.  After  his  discharge  from  the  army  lie  died  at 
Norway,   Herkimer  County.  New  York. 

During  the  present  summer  of  1883  Mr.  Lawrence,  the 
owner  of  the  Tarbell  farm,  proposes  to  place  in  the  wall  by 
the  wayside  a  stone  bearing  this  inscription :  — 


NKAK   TIMS    SPOT 
I  II  R  F.  K     CHILDREN 

SARAH,   JOII.V,    AND   ZECIIARIAII    TARHELL 

WERK  CAI'ITJRKD    HY   TIIK    INDIANS, 

JUNH    20,    1707. 

THEY   WERE   TAKEN    TO   CANADA    WHERE 

THE     SISTER     WAS      PLACED      IN      A      CONVENT. 

THE    liROTHERS    BECAME    CHIEFS    OF   THE 

COUGHNAWAC.A     TRIBE  ,      AND      WERE      AMONG 

THE      FOUNDERS      OF      ST.      REGIS      WHERE 

THEY   HAVE    DESCENDANTS    NOW    LIVING. 

1SS3. 


Hi       '! 


CHAPTER    IV. 


DUMMER'S    WAR. 


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DURNC,  the  -summer  of  ,7,3  ..(he  r.Klian  enemy  "_a.s 
he  ea,-y  settlers  were  wont  to  call  then, -still  threatened 
l.e  western  frontier  towns.  c,„  August  ,6.  ,733,  acco  d  '" 
o   the    pruned   Journal    of   the  House  of   Reprsma  ives 

^7Tr'  ""'""'"■ "  "■■^' ''- "-  ^^  - 

d  tahment  f  ""''  ":"  ''""'  '-".ediately  to  order 
detachments  of  men.  varying  from  three  to  six,  from  the 
".hah,ta„ts  of  the  several  towns  along  the  line  o    o  te    so 

«ne,„s   to  be  constantly  employed  in  .scouting  and  ra  g     . 
«K  woods  u,  then-  respective  towns;   and  „ndt-r  this  ord"; 
Groton  wa,  to     ave  six.     On  .Au.gust  34  it  was  ordered     y 
c  I  otrse  of  Kepresentatives,  that  these  scouts  should  be 
laced  under  the  direction  of  the  chief  military  officer  of  the 
«xra,  towns,  and  such  officer  should  receive'five  shilling 
week  for  h,s  serv.ces.     Owing  to  informalities  in  the  maUer 
a   drspute   arose    between    the    House   and   the    I.ieute  ant: 
Governor    who  within  two  days  sent  two  messages  to  tint 
y,  an    some  s  gh,  ntodifications  were  m.ade  in  ^U.  orig! 

e  com,^.      ■"",'        ■'"■,  ""■*^"""'  "'  ^''^•'"''"-  -'-nranded 
company  wh.ch  includerl  the  Groton  men.     The  follow- 


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ing  document  gives  a  list  of  his  men  at  the  beginning  of  the 
winter:  — 

Lantasti-.k  I)cccml)cr  y  2"'  1723 
May  it  plese  your  Hon"  I  have  in  observance  of  your  Hon''  order 
Inlisted  fifteen  able  bodyed  men  fit  for  service  \:  bane  sent  the  List  of 
them  herewitli  to  your  Hon''  with  y  List  of  tiiose  that  ware  in  y"^  ser- 
vice before  and  haue  put  tiiem  on  duity  :  wc  Iiaue  made  no  deeovery 
of  y  ■  Liemy  as  yet :  the  barer  is  one  that  is  in  the  service  iV  is  Capable 
if  your  Hon'  Seas  Case  to  demand :  to  give  a  full  account  of  our 
management  your  Humble 

Servant  Jaufz  Fairbanks 

fSuperscribed] 
To  y^  Hon"  William  DuiTier  Esq  Left  Govener  i*v  for  His  Majesties 
service,     by  M'  lOdwanl  Hartweli 

A    List   of  the   Names  of  y^'  Soldiers   first  enlisted  in   Lancaster 
Groaton  c\:  Dunstable 


Edward  Hartwill 
Aaron  Willard 
Benjamin  Osgood 
Benjamin  Houghton  junr 
John  licnnit 
Samuell  Sawyer 
Jonathan  Shipley 
Joseph  l]lood 
James  Shattuck 

The  names  of  those  last  in  Listed 

Joseph  Blanchard 
Ephraini  Wheeler 
David  Osgood 
Joseph  Wheelock 
Ezra  Sawyer 
Benjamin  Harris 
Phinehas  Parker 
David  Satell 
Lancastkk  December  the  2th  1723 


Samuell  Scripter 
John  Stephens 
William  Larrance 
Jabaz  Davice 
'I'homas  Chamberlin 
Ephraim  Chandler 
Benjamin  Nicholes 
John  Barrit 


Isaac  \Voods 
Jacob  Lakin 
Thomas  Lund 
Isaac  Farwell 
Ebenezer  Cumins 
John  Usher 
Jonathan  Combs 


!  ii; 


[Massachusetts  Archives,  I.XXII.  144,  145.] 


Jabez  Fairbanks 


DUMMER'S   WAR. 


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On  December;,  172.3.1110  House  of  Representatives  passed 
the  account  of  Colonel  Joseph  Biickminster.   fur  -oin-  and 
sendm^r  expresses,  on  public  business,  between  Jioston   and 
Groton  and  other  towns;   and  fifty-five  shillin-s  were  allowed 
for  the  service.     On  the  same  day  the  sum  of  ^94  io.f.  was 
allowed  for  pa^'in^  the  company  under  the  command  of  Ser- 
geant lulward  ilartwell,  made  up  of  scouts  at  (iroton,  .Shrews- 
bury, and  Lancaster,  and  the  further  sum  of  i;40  5.V.  9,/.  fo,-  the 
subsistence  of  the  men  ;   and  the  mone>-  was  to  be  placed  in  the 
hands  of  Ik-njamin  i'rescott.  of  Groton.  for  his  disbursement 
This  company  of  scouts  was  the  one   raised   by   Lieutenant 
I-airbanks.     On  December  10,  a  petition  was  presented  from 
Jonathan  Hubbard,  of  Groton.  prayin-  that  he  mi-ht  be  paid 
^S  4.V.   for  entertaining  Samuel  J^arnard,  a  trooper  belonging 
to   Captain   liowman's  company,  who  was  taken   sick  at  his 
house,  while    in   the   public   service;    and  the  committee    to 
whom  the  matter  was  referred,  made  a  report  recommending 
Its  payment. 

The  military  company  at  this  post,  during  the  campaigns  of 
1723  and  1724,  was  composed  of  soldiers  princi|)allv  from 
Groton,  Lancaster,  and  Dunstable,  and  commanded  by 
Lieutenant  Fairbanks.  Some  of  them  were  detailed  as 
guards  to  protect  the  more  exposed  garrisons,  and  others 
were  scouting  in  the  neighborhood.  They  were  so  scattered 
that  the  commanding  officer  found  it  difficult  to  drill  them 
as  a  company.  Fortunately,  however,  they  were  not  enga-ed 
»i  much  fighting,  though  the  enemy  had  been  lurking  about 
and  threatening  the  town. 

The  following  Groton  men  are  borne  on  the  rolls  of 
Lieutenant  1-airbanks's  company.  June  18,  1724,  and  repre- 
sent some  of  the  most  influential  families  at  that  time  The 
period  of  their  service  is  given,  with  the  amount  of  their 
pa\' :  — 


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Jon:'  Shiploy,  Sent" 
Jo?  Blood 
Ja'  Shaduck 
Samuel  S(iv|)ter 
\\'"'  J^awrancc 
Josiah  Hatulcn 
Jacob  Ames 
Isaac  Woods 
Jason  Williams 
Nath'  I,a\vrance 
Jon"  Shepley,  Serj? 
The''  Chamberlin 
Mich'  Gillson 

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The  following  letters  from  the  commanding  ofTicer,  to 
Lieutenant-Governor  William  Diimmcr,  show  how  these 
scouts  were  employed  during  a  part  of  their  service:  — 

Groton  May  28"'  1724. 
Mtrv  it  please  your  Honour 

1  have  Posted  the  men  Committed  to  my  care  at  the  Towns  of 
Lancaster  Groton  Dunstable  \  Turkey  Hill  [Lunenburg]  according 
to  your  Honours  Orders  ;  and  Improve  them  in  the  best  manner  I 
can  for  the  i)rotection  of  the  I'eople  c'v:  Discovery  of  the  enemy  and 
I  think  to  (General  .Satisfaction  1  have  ordered  one  man  to  M' 
[Benjamin]  IVescotts  (iarrison  During  his  attendance  on  the  Court. 
I  beg  leave  further  to  ac(iuaint  your  Honour  that  y:  ])eople  in  these 
Towns  apprehend  themselves  in  Great  Danger,  and  cannot  (in  my 
humble  opinion)  be  in  any  measure  safe  with  so  small  a  number  of 
men. 

I  am  your  Honours  Humble 

<!v  most  obedient  Serv' 

Jabez  Fairb.\nks 

I  Massachusetts  Archives,  LXXII.  176.] 


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.(1/(/)'  tt  pi,;isc  your  Ffonour. 

I  rc.icvx'd  your  Ia'IIct  tlic  Last  ni^Mit  in  the  evcMiinf;.  ami  not  before 
tlio'  1  suppose   I   nu-ht   Imve   had   it  sooner  had  tlie  l)earer  pleased 
Your   II.,n..ur   is   please.l   in    your   Letter  to  give  me   my  choice  of 
A    Lieutenants    Post   in    (Irotoii  or    lurkey  Hills  or  A  Serjeants  at 
Lancaster.     I  am  sensible  that  S.TJeanis   Pay  in  Town  would  be  as 
I'rohtable  as  to  keep  constant!)  abroad,  but  yet  upon  Some  Consid- 
erations I  ,  hoose  to  Abide  in  the   Post  I  am,  and  to  go  to  (]roton 
I  return  my  thanks  to  your   Honour  for  the  ,  hoi.e  you  have  given 
me.     I  would   Inform  your   Honour  tiiat  on   Monday  Last  I   sent    \ 
Scout  to  Rutland  who  Returned  yesterday  and  gave  me  an  Ac.ount 
that  In  the  way  they  discovered  the  tra.  ks  of  four  or  five   Indians 
bearing  towards  Wochoosett  who  they  Judged  had  been  gone  2  or  3 
days.     Yesterday  Part  of  (Iroton  men  \-  I'art  of  this  Town  went  otit 
for  the  week  to  range  above  the  Towns  to  see  what  Discovery  they 
could  make,  and  I  am  my  self  this  Day  going  out  with  what  men  I 
can  Raise  to  see  what  I  can   discover.     I  desire  the  favour  of  your 
Honour,  That  the  souldiers  now  under  my  Command  in  Lancaster 
and  Croton  might  have  the   Liberty  of  abiding  witli   me  or  of  being 
Dismist.     If  it  be  your  Honours  Pleasure  to  let  I'dward  Hartwell  who 
hatii  been  a  Serjeant  uniler  me  Abide  still  in  that  ]>()st  in  this  Town  [ 
should  take  it  as  a  favour.     I   stand  ready  to  attend  your  Honours 
Orders  &  Command  and  am  S: 

\'()nr  Humble  Servant 

Jahkz  Fairbank. 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  LII.  9] 

C'KOTUN  July  20'.''  1 724. 

May  it  please  your  Houour 

I  have  attended  your  orders  in  ])osting  the  men  at  the  Towns  of 
Groton  Lancaster  i\:  Turkey  hill  —  precisely  except  at  Turkey  Hill 
there  is  but  eleven  men  Cap'  Stevens  having  not  as  yet  sent  so  many 
as  ordered  iS:  I  have  Taken  my  post  at  Groton  where  I  Imjjrove  the 
Souldiers  in  the  best  manner  I  can  agreeable  to  your  ortlers,  .\:  have 
ordered  them  to  Lodge  in  some  of  y  most  Exposed  (kirrisons  as  often 
as  may  be,  but  I  find  it  impossible  to  Improve  So  Small  a  number  of 
men  So  as  tu  answer  yv  xXecessities  of  the  people  here,  wlKjse  circum- 

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stanct'H  are  S<)  vcrry  iJiiTicult  and  I  )i>trcssinj,'  iliat  1  am  not  al)lc  fully 
to  Ki'pri'si'iit  lo  your  Honour. 

tlic  poor  pidplc  aro  many  ol  iluni  ol)li^'i'<l  to  ki'i'p  tlu'ir  own  (lar- 
risons  and  part  of  tlu-m  Imploycd  as  (iuarc's  while  others  arc  at  tht-ir 
I.aliom-  whose  whole  Time  would  he. hill  Little  enough  to  be  expended 
in  getting  bread  for  their  families.  My  own  (iarrison  at  Lancaster  is 
very  much  exposed  \:  with  IIuinbU>  Submission  1  think  l<e(|tnres  Pro- 
tection as  mu(  h  as  any  in  that  I'own.  therefore  1  Humbly  pray  your 
Honour  would  be  pleased  to  give  me  Leave  to  post  a  Souldicr 
there  Dureing  my  absence  in  the  service  of  the  jjrovince  I  beg  your 
Honours  Pardon  for  giving  you  this  'lYoiible  ;  and  as[k]  Leave  to 
Subscribe  my  Selfc 

\our  most  Obedient  Humble  Serv' 

jAiti:/  I''aikiianks 
I  Massachusetts  Ari-hivi's,  1,11,  17, | 

l-'or  .soniL-  Journals,  kept  in  this  ncii^hhorhood  by  Lieu- 
tenant Fairbanks  limine;  the  years  1723  i\m\  1724,  sec  Massa- 
chusetts Archives,  XXWIIL  A  49-54,  56-65. 

Colonel  Vyw^  writes  July  23,  1724.  from  Dunstable,  to 
Licutcnant-dovcrnor  William  Dummcr,  that  he  has  sent  ten 
men  of  his  company  to  (Iroton,  ai^rccabb'  to  orders,  and  that 
he  is  fi^o'w^  himself  "to  dispose  the  10  men  there."  (Archives, 
UI.  22.) 

In  the  printed  Journal  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
May  28,  1725,  is  found  the  petition  of  Dr.  Hla.sdcll,  askin^^ 
that  an  allowance  be  matie  for  his  pi-ofcssional  .services  durin^^ 
this  campaii,Mi.     it  is  as  follows:  — 

A  Tetition  oi  Jlcnry  BliUihll  of  Giotoii,  shewing  that  by  \'irtue  of 
a  Warrant  from  Col.  Gotfc  he  ser\i'(l  as  Surgeon  to  the  Western 
Forres  from  the  10th  of  Scptcinlh'r  to  the  6th  o{  December  past,  being 
twelve  Weeks  and  three  Days,  for  which  Service  and  the  Medicines 
he  administered  to  the  Forces  in  the  Service  of  the  Province,  he 
thinks  he  deserves  Twenty  six  /'omii/s-  Fourteen  S//////ni,^s  for  the 
Reasons  mentioned  in  the  Petition,  and  i)raying  that  the  same  may  be 
allowed  him  out  of  the  pui)li(  k  'IVeasury. 

It  is  recorded  in  the  same  Journal,  June  1 1,  1725  :  — 


DrMMKK'S    WAR, 


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I'cnhall.nv  in  •'  The  History  c,f  the  Wars  c.f  Ncvv-ICnLMancI  " 
■speakniK  of  the  Indians  at  this  |,c-ri.,c!.  says :  - 

TlK-  next  .hnnagc   tlu-y  did   was  at   Groton,  b.it  wcr.  s.,  .luselv 
pursued,  tiut  they  left  several  of  their  Pa.  ks  behind,     d'a^e  !oT.' 

u^  KM.. .son  .n  the  northwesterly  p.rc  of  the,  town.  A.nes 
•vcd  on  the  north  sid  :  of  the  'v.slu.a  River,  a  short  dis- 
a..cc.  beloutheIIoIhn,suo.-th  paper-mills.  He  is  said  to 
be  the  ast  person  killed  by  an  Indian  within  the  township. 
I  ho  Inchan  himself  was  immediately  afterward  shot  by  Jacob 
An.cs.  one  of  John's  sons.  ••  The  Hoston  Gaxette."  Ju  yT3 
1724,  thus  refers  to  the  event :  -  ^    ^' 

A  Man  was  kiilM  last  A\eek  at  Gn,„n,  by  ,]„   Indians  and  't  is 
snppos  1  one  Indian  was  killM  by  one  of  our  Men  in  the      ^sJn 

u'd  r:,.  r  r:  '"■'^' ' '"  ""■""^^' ''''-''  --  ^^^^^  - 

SL(  ur  (1  i)j  tile  raigiish. 

I.,  the  (j.yctte  <>f  July  27.  it  is  said  that  "  An  Indian  Scalp 
was  brouf,dtt  to  I  own  last  Week  fro.n  (Jroton  " 
^  ''The  Now  Kn,Iand  Courant/'  July  13.  ,;34.  reports  that 
Las  eek  the^  Indians  kill'd  a  Man  at  (iroton,  and  had 
one  of  the.r  own  Men  very  mnch  woundec!  "  The  same  news- 
paper. ,n  ,ts  issue  of  July  .;.  says  that  "The  Scalp  of  an 
Luhan  lately  kill'd  at  Groton  is  brou^dtt  to  Town  - 

"The  Boston  News  Letter."  July  ,6.  ,;.4.  gives  the  follow- 
in^  \'ersion  :  — 


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From  (jroton  wc.  arc  inform'd,  That  5  Indians  came  intci  that  Place, 
and  kill'd  one  Man.  upon  whicli  one  of  our  Mm  shot  out  of  the  Clar- 
rison  and  kill'd  an  IncUan  and  gov  his  Scalp  in  order  to  bring  to  Town, 
and  have  likewise  taken  tl\e  Indian  Packs. 

'I'lic  same  paper,  of  Jidy  30,  says  that  "  An  Indian  Scalp 
from  Groton  was  broii<rht  in  here  last  Week." 

These  accounts,  taken  in  connection  with  Jacob  Ames's 
petition,  found  in  the  printed  Journal  of  the  House  of 
Reprcsentati\'es  for  November  20,  1724,  and  herewith  given, 
show  conclusively  that  they  relate  to  the  assault  in  which  John 
Ames  was  killetl.  It  is  eqiiall)-  certain  that  Penhallow,  in  his 
History,  refers  to  the  same  attack  when  he  speaks  of  the 
damage  done  at  Groton  in  the  summer  of  1724. 

A  Petition  of  ^7<ri-(>/>  Ames,  shewing  that  he  was  one  of  the  Weekly 
Scouts  near  the  Garrisons  on  the  Westerly  part  of  the  Town  of  Groton; 
and  on  the  Ninth  Day  of  Ju/y  last,  when  it  was  the  Petitioners  Week 
to  be  on  Duty,  a  Number  of  Indians  appeared  at  the  Garrison  of  the 
Petitioners  Father  yo/in  Ames,  and  killed  him  at  the  (late,  and  then 
rush'd  violently  into  the  Gan•i-^on  to  sur])rise  the  J'eople  there.  And 
the  Petitioner  did  with  Courage  and  Resolution  by  himself  defend  the 
Garrison,  and  beat  off  the  Indians,  Slew  one  of  them  and  Scalp'd  him  ; 
praying,  That  altho'  it  happened  to  be  his  Week  to  be  on  Duty,  that 
this  Court  would  take  the  Premises  into  their  wise  and  serious  Consid- 
eration, and  grant  what  other  Allowance  more  than  the  Establishment 
by  Law,  shall  to  them  seem  meet,  for  his  aforesaid  Service.  Read, 
and  in  Answer  to  this  Petition.  A'csoh'ed,  That  over  and  above  the 
Fifteen  J'ouni/s  due  to  the  Petitioner  by  Law.  for  recovering  the  said 
Scalp,  and  the  good  Services  done  this  Province  thereby,  the  Sum  of 
Fifteen  Pounds  be  allowed  and  Paid  out  of  the  Publick  Treasury  to 
the  said  faeob  Ames  for  his  gooil  Service  as  aforesaid. 

Sent  >!])  for  Concurrence. 

Air.  Hutler.  in  his  Histor}',  gi\'es  the  following  version  of 
this  affair,  which  was  gathered  largely  from  grandchildren 
of  the  I'^zra  I'^aiiisworth  mentioned  in  it.  The  account  was 
taken  down  in  writing  more  than  a  hundred  years  after  the 


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occurrence  of  the  event,  which  will  explain  any  inaccuracies 
due  to  tnulition.  Mr.  liutler  refers  the  assault  to  a  period 
much  later  than  the  actual  fact:  — 

An  Indian  had  l)cen  seen,  for  several  days,  lurking  aliout  the  town, 
it  was  conjectured,  upon  some  ill  design.     Mr.  Ames,  who  lived  on 
tile  intervale,  on  the  west  side  of  Nashua  river,  now  owned  by  John 
Boynton,  lOsci.,  went  into  his  pasture  to  catch  his  horse.     Discovering 
the  Indian,  he  ran  for  his  house  ;  the  Indian  pursued  and  shot  him 
as  he  entered  his  gate.     The  dead  body  prevented  the  gate's  closing, 
as  it  would  otherwise  have  done  of  itself  and  the  Indian  pressed  in 
to  enter  the  house,  where  Ames  had  a  son  and  daughter.     The  son 
sei/ -d  his  gun,  and  shot  at  him,  as  he  entere<l  the  gate.     The  ball, 
striking  the  latch  of  the  door,  si^lit,  and  one  part  of  it  woundeil  the 
Indian,  but  not  severely.     As  the  son  attempted  to  close  the  door 
against  the  enemy,  after  the  shot,  the  Indian  thrust  his  foot  in,  and 
prevented.      The  son  called  to  his  sister  to  bring  his  father's  gun 
from    the  bedside,  and  at  the  same  time  striking  the  Indian's  foot 
with  the  breach  of  his  gun,  compelled  him  to  withdraw  it,  and  closed 
the  door.     While  the  Indian  was  in  the  act  of  reloading  his  gun,  the 
young  man  found  means  to  shoot  through  a  crevice  and  killed  him. 
Two  men,  at  work  about  a  mile  distant  in  a  mill,  l-:zra  and  Benjamin 
Farnsworth,  hearing  the  reports  of  the  guns,  and  suspecting  the  cause 
thereof,  were  soon  at  the  place,  aud  found  the  bodies  of  Ames  and 
the  Indian  both  weltering  in  their  Ijlood.     'J'his  is  the  last  man  killed 
by  an  Indian  within  the  bounds  of  (iroton.      (Pages  no,  1 1  i.) 

Mr.  Hutler  says,  in  his  History  (page  looj,  that  "in  the 
summer  of  1723,  one  man  was  killed  at  Groton."  I  am  in- 
clined to  think  that  this  allusion  is  to  John  Ames,  as  I  can 
find  no  other  authority  for  the  statement. 

Governor  Saltonstall,  of  Connecticut,  writes  from  New 
London,  under  date  of  July  23,  1724.  that  the  friendly 
Indians  of  that  neighborhood  seem  inclined  to  hunt  for 
scalps  around  Monadnock  and  the  farther  side  of  Dunstable 
aiul  Groton.  (Archives,  LI  I.  23.)  This  was  owing  to  an 
offer  made  about  this  time  by  the  governments  of  Massachu- 
setts and  New  Hampshire,  of  a  bounty  of  a  hundred  pountls 


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for  every  Indian's  scalp  that  should  be  taken  and  shown  to 
the  proper  authorities.  This  e.xpedient  stimulated  volunteers 
to  scour  the  wilderness  for  the  purpose  of  huntinj^^  Indians; 
and  Captain  John  Lovewell,  of  Dunstable,  ori^^anized  a  com- 
pany, which  soon  became  famous. 

The  story  of  Lovewell's  Mj^dit  was  for  a  long  time  repeat- 
edly told  in  this  neighborhood,  and  there  is  scarcely  a  person 
who  has  not  from  early  infancy  heard  the  particulars  of 
that  eventful  conflict.  It  was  in  the  spring  of  1725  that 
Captain  Lovewell,  with  thirty-four  men,  fought  a  famous 
Indian  chief,  named  Paugus,  at  the  head  of  about  eighty 
savages,  near  the  shores  of  a  poiul  in  I'equawket,  now  within 
the  limits  of  Fryeburg,  ]\Iaine,  and  known  as  Lovewell's 
Lond.  Of  this  little  Spartan  band,  seven  belonged  in 
this  town  ;  and  one  of  them,  J  -hn  Chamberlain  by  name, 
distinguished  himself  by  killing  the  Indian  leader. 

The  fullest   account  of  the  iMght  is  found  in  a  pamphlet 
entitled,  "  Lovcivcll  Lamented,  or,  a  SERMON  occasion'd  by 
the  Fall  of  the  l^rave  Capt.  John  Lovewell  and  Several  of  his 
Valiant  COMPANY,  in  the  late  Heroic  Action  at  Piggwackct 
pronounc'd  at  Bradford,  May  16  1725     Py  'f/ioma.s-  Sjiitnirs, 
V.D.M."     (Poston,  1725.)     The  .sermon  contains  an  historical 
preface,  duly  attested  by  three  of  the  company,  which  gives 
many  particulars  of  this  ill-fated  expedition.     It   includes  a 
list  of  the  men  who  took  part  in  the  fight,  with  the  names  of 
the  killed  and  wounded.     According  to  this  li  t.  the  following  • 
Groton  men  were  members  of  Lovewell's  compan\',  and  present 
during  the  action:  John  Jefts,  Daniel  Woods,  Thomas  Woods, 
John  Chamberlain,  Elias  Parron,  John  Gilson  [Isaac  Lakin?], 
Joseph    Gilson;    of  whom  Thomas  Woods,   Daniel  Woods, 
and  John  Jefts  were   killed   in  the  Fight,  and  I':iias  Barron, 
John  Chamberlain,  and  John  (}ilson  [Isaac  Lakin?],  wounded. 
It  is  stated  by  Mr.  Symmes,  in  his  preface,  that  liarron  sub- 
sequently "  strayed  from  the  rest,  and  got  ox-er  Ossipy  River, 
by  the  side  of  which  his  Gun  Case  was  found,  &  he  has  ner 


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been  heard  of  since.       (^ragc  vni.;     Joseph  UUson  was  UK- 
only  one  of  this  quota  who  escaped  injury. 

The  first  edition  of  the  sermon  was  pabh'shed  on  July  i, 
and  exhausted  in  a  very  few  days.  A  second  edition  was 
issued  about  the  niidille  of  July,  with  a„title-paj,re  somewhat 
changed  from  the  orioinal  one,  as  follows:  '' Historical 
Memoirs  Of  the  Late  h'i-ht  at  Pi!,^L,r\vacket,  with  a  SICRMON 
Occasion'd  by  the  J-all  of  the  Brave  Capt  John  Lovcivdl 
And  Several  of  his  Valiant  Company;  in  the  late  Heroic 
Action  there.  Tronounc'd  at  Ih-adford,  May,  i6.  1725  ]iy 
Thomas  Sv.m.mes,  V.D.M.  She  ^'ccond  Edition  (Corrected." 
(Boston,  1725.)  In  this  edition  the  running  title  of  "An 
Historical  PRlCl-VVCl-:  "  is  chani^^ed  to  "  Memoirs  of  the  Fight 
at  Piggwacket."  A  few  corrections  are  made;  in  the  list 
both  of  the  soldiers  and  of  the  wounded,  the  name  of  Isaac 
Lakin  is  given  in  the  place  of  John  (iilson's. 

Captain  Lovevvcll,  the  commander  of  the  company,  was  a 
brave  officer  and  a  noted  man.  Me  was  at  this  time  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and  ambitious  to  distinguish  himself  He  had 
previously  led  two  successful  expeditions  against  the  Indians, 
and  his  very  name  inspired  confidence.  Only  a  {^iw  weeks 
before,  his  second  expedition  had  returned  to  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  matle  a  triumphal  entry  at  the  head  of 
his  company.  They  bore  ten  Indian  scalps  stretched  on 
hoops,  and  were  received  with  great  joy  and  excitement; 
thence  they  proceeded  to  Boston,  where  they  were  paid  a 
large  bounty  by  the  government.  The  ff)ll()wing  Groton 
men  were  members  of  the  compaii\'  which  went  on  this 
second  expedition:  Jacob  Ames,  l-:phraim  Farnsworth, 
Reuben  Farnsworth,  Benjamin  Parker,  Samuel  Shattuck, 
Samuel  Tarbell,  and  Henry  W'illard.  Throughout  New 
ICngland,  Lovcwell's  daring  was  made  the  subject  of  talk, 
and  the  public  looked  to  him  as  a  natural  leader  in  border 
warfare. 

It  was  "about  the  \Gth  o{  April,  1725,"  says  Mr,  Symmes, 


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in  the  preface  to  his  sermon,  "  that  the  Brave  Lovewell 
began  his  March  frcini  Dunstable  to  Piggzvacket,  with  I'^orty- 
Six  Men  under  liis  Command." 

WHEN  they  'd  Traxeird  a  little  way,  loby,  an  Indian  falling 
Lame,  was  oblig'd  to  return,  with  great  Rehictancy. 

WIiI':N  they  came  as  for  as  Contoocook,  one  Wm.  Cummins  of 
Dunstable  was  so  disaljl'd  by  a  Wound  he  'd  Receiv'd  from  the 
Enemy  some  time  before,  that  the  Capt.  dismissal  him,  with  a  Kins- 
man of  his  to  accompany  him. 

THEN  they  'IVavell'd  as  far  as  Ossipy,2ec\(\  there  one  Benjamin 
Kidder  of  Xutjield  [now  Londonderry,  New  Hamjishire,]  falling 
Sick  ;  the  Capt.  made  a  Halt,  and  tarried  while  they  built  a  small 
Fortification,  for  a  place  of  Refuge  to  repair  too,  if  there  should  be 
Occasion.  Here  he  left  his  Doctor,  a  Serjent  and  S.-ven  other  Men, 
to  take  care  of  Kidder,  and  of  a  Considerable  Quantity  of  Provision, 
here  left  to  lighten  the  Men,  and  facilitate  their  March  ;  and  for  a 
Recruit  upon  their  Return. 

WITH  his  Comi)any  now  reduc'd  to  Thirty-Four  Men  with  him- 
self, the  Cai)t.  'rra\eird  to  Pigjoacket,  which  is  about  Forty  Miles  from 
said  Fort. 

'rHI':iR  names  that  made  up  this  Company  (excepting  his  that 
started  from  them  in  the  beginning  of  the  Battle,  and  ran  back  to  the 
Fort,  which  I  'd  l)e  excus'd  from  mentioning)  were  as  follow." 
(Pages  ii.  iii.) 

Here  Mr.  Symmcs  gives  the  names  of  the  thirty-three  men 
who  were  in  the  fixmous  Fight,  purposely  omitting  the  one  that 
ran  away.  It  has  since  transpired  that  this  soldier,  who  so 
ingloriously  fled  from  the  battle-field,  was  Benjamin  Hassell, 
of  Dunstable,  a  corporal  in  the  company.  (^"  History  of 
Manchester,  x\ew  Hampshire,"  by  Chandler  Eastman  Potter, 
page  1 60.) 

With  the  small  force  now  at  his  command,  the  heroic 
captain  pressed  forward  to  meet  the  enemy,  and  in  a  few- 
days  reached  the  borders  of  Saco  Pond,  since  known  as 
Lovewell's  Pond,  southeast    of  the  present  village  of  Frye- 


DUMMER'S    WAR. 


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burg,   Maine.     On  the  morning  of  Saturday,  May  8    while 
engaged  at  prayers  they  heard  a  gun.  and  shortly  afterward 
discovered  an  Indian  on  a  point  of  land  which  ran  into  the 
pond.      I  hey  were  distrustful  of  an  ambush,  and  a  consulta- 
tion was  held  in  order  to  see  whether  they  should  advance  or 
retreat.      Their  decision  was  to  proceed  at  all  hazards.     They 
said:    -'We    came    out   to    meet    the    Enemy;    we  have   all 
along  prayed  GOD  we  might  find  'em ;   and  we  had  rather 
trust  Providence  with  our  Lives,  yea  Dy  for  our   Countrv 
than  try  to  Return  without  seeing  them,  if  we  may,  and  be 
called  Cowards  for  our  Pains."     After  this  answer,  Lovcwell 
ordered  his  men  to  move  forward  cautiously;   and  they  soon 
reached  a  place  where  they  halted  and  took  off  their  packs 
and  piled  them  up  together.     Leaving  these  behind  without 
a  guard,  and  advancing  a  short  distance,  they  came  upon  the 
Indian  whom  they  had  previously  descried.     He  was  return- 
ing to  his  companions  with  some  game  that  he  had  killed 
bevei-al  guns  were  instantly  discharged   at  him.  when  he  in 
turn  fired  and  wounded  Lovewell  liimself  and  another  man  • 
after  which  he  was  killed  and  scalped.     The  company  then 
turned  back,  and  with  their  wounded  leader  repaired  to  the 
place  where  they  had  left  their  packs.     In  the  mean  while 
iaugus.  the  far-famed  chief  of  the  Pequawkets,  at  the  head  of 
eighty  warriors  on  their  way  home  from  a  marauding  expe- 
dition, had  discovered  the  pile  of  packs,  and,  counting  them, 
had  learned  the  number  of  the  Knglisli.     Finding  that  the 
force  was  much  less  than  his  own,  Paugus  placed  his  men  in 
ambush   and  awaited   the    return    of   Lovewell.      When   the 
company  came  up  for  their  packs,  the  Indians  with  hideous 
yells    rushed    forth    suddenly  from    their   hiding-places    and 
began  to  fire.     The  brave  captain  ordered  his  men  to  return 
<t,  which  was  done  with  terrible  effect.     Lovewell  himself  fell 
at  the  first  shot,  and  eight  of  his  men  soon  shared  the  same 
fate.     Lnsign  Wyman.  of  Wobtirn.  then  assumed  the  com- 
mand, and.  perceiving  that  the  Indians  were  trying  to  surround 


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them,  ordei-cti  a  retreat  t(i  the  pond,  where  he  took  his  stand. 
A  ledge  of  rock  projecting  into  the  water  on  one  side  of  him, 
and  a  deep  brook  on  the  other,  made  a  position  favorable  for 
defence.  The  fighting  continued,  and  during  the  day  the 
savages  vainly  endeavored  to  compel  the  valiant  band  to  sur- 
render ;  but  the\-  wo-dd  not  li.-.t..'n  to  the  proposition.  Paugus 
was  slain   in   the     ■  by  J,,hn    Chamberlain,  of  Groton. 

After  the  death  of  ,  »  cliief,  the  Indians  became  somewhat 
disheartened,  and  for  a  time  withdrew  from  the  skirmish. 
Later  m  the  day  the  combat  was  resumed,  —  when,  it  is  sup- 
posed, the  enemv  had  received  reinforcements,  —  but  with  no 
decisive  result.  As  night  approached,  they  again  withdrew, 
and  left  this  little  forlorn  band  masters  of  the  field.  About 
midnight  the  survivors,  with  the  exception  of  three  men 
mortally  wounded  and  unable  to  travel,  fell  back  and  directed 
their  course  to  the  fort,  where  they  expected  to  find  their 
former  companions;  but  in  this  they  were  sadly  disappointed. 
It  seems  that,  at  the  beginning  of  the  fight,  a  member  of  the 
company,  escaping,  made  his  way  to  the  fort,  and  reported 
that  Lovewell  and  his  men  were  all  cut  to  pieces,  which  he 
may  have  believed.  This  was  the  man,  Hassell,  whose  name 
Mr.  Symmes  carefully  refrains  from  mentioning.  Disap- 
pointed, at  finding  the  fort  abandor  xl,  the  survivors  of  this 
memorable  command  made  their  way  back  to  the  settlements 
as  best  they  could,  coming  in  at  different  places  along  the 
frontier  line. 

The  name  of  Lovewell  at  once  became  famous,  and  the 
story  of  this  expedition  was  cold  in  every  household,  and 
even  in  the  pulpit.  It  was  made  the  subject  of  ballads, 
which  were  sung  at  the  family  firesides,  and  excited  the 
popular  heart  with  the  memory  of  the  brave  and  adventurous 
leader.  Peace  afrroe  followed  the  action  at  Pequawket,  and 
deep  and  sincere  was  the  public  feeling  at  its  restoration. 

Judge  Potter,  in  his  "  History  of  Manchester.  New  Hamp- 
shire "  (page  i6o),  gives  the  names  of  the  nine  men  left  with 


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139 


Kidder  in  the  fcrt  at  Ossipcc.  Amon<,^  them  is  that  of  John 
Gilson,  of  Croton.  ulio  is  mentioned  incorrectly  in  the  first 
edition  of  Symmes's  Sermon,  as  one  of  the  soldiers  takin-r 
part  in  the  I^-ght.  This  sliou-s  tiiat  he  belonged  to  the  ovnl 
na  company,  and  started  out  on  the  expedition.  Tlie  tvvo 
(iilsons  from  this  town  were  cousins. 
It  is  related  in  Symmes's  Sermon: 

SOMIC   of  the    In.lians    hol.ling  up  Ropes,  ask'd  the  English  if 

hey  d  take  Quarter,  but  were  Answer'd  Briskly,  they'd  have  none 

Init  at  the  Muzzle  of  their  Guns.     (Page  vii.)  ^avt  none 

The  sava^rcs  had  learned  at  this  period  that  it  was  better 
financially  for  themselves  to  carry  prisoners  to  Canada,  and 
sell  hem  to  the  French,  than  to  slay  them  in  battle;  and 
for  this  reason  they  would  rather  capture  than  kill  their 
enemy.  I  he  reference  to  M/.^  up  ropes  means  tyine 
them  with  ropes  and  takin,.  them  away  as  prisoners,  instead 
of  massacrin<r  them. 

The  following  accotint  of  the  killing  of  the  Indian  sachem 
has  come  down  to  the  present  generation    both  as  written  ' 
h.story  and  tradition.     The   story  goes  that   some  time  dur- 
ing  the   day  John    Chamberlain  went  to  the  pond  to  wash 
ou    and  cleanse   his   musket,  which   by  continual   firing  had 
b  come   foul.     While  thus  engaged   he  spied  the  old  chief 
^vilom   he   knew   personally,  a  short   distance   off,  doing  the 
ae  thing  to  his  gun.     A  challenge  was  at  once  give.t  and 
taken,  each   confiding   in    his    own    de.xterity.      Pau^n.s   had 
near^^  finished  loading  his  piece,  and  was  priming  it  ?rom      e 
powder-horn,  when  Chamberlain  struck  the  bread,  of  his  own 
sun  on  the  ground,  causing  it  to  prime  itself,  and  in  this  way 
go    the  start  o     his   Indian   foe.     He   at  once  fired,  and  the 
bullet  passed   through   Paugus's  heart,  just  as  the  old  chief 
was  aiming  at  him. 

A  third  edition  of  Symmes's  Sermon  was  printed  in  the 
year    1799.    at    Fryeburg,   Maine,   within    two    miles   of  the 


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battlc-ficld.  It  was  edited  by  IClijah  Russell,  then  publishing 
"  Russell's  ICclu) "  newspaper  in  that  town.  The  account  of 
the  I-'i^rht  is  substantially  the  same  as  that  given  by  Mr. 
Synimes,  though  there  is  some  additional  matter. 

It  is  said  that  Indians  are  wont  to  avenge  the  death  of  their 
slain  kindred ;  and  stcjries  are  told  of  their  coming  to  Gro- 
ton.  during  the  last  century,  in  order  to  wreak  their  revenge 
on  Chamberlain.  Such  accounts  may  not  be  authentic,  but 
they  are  characteristic  of  the  times  in  which  they  are  said 
to  have  occurred,  and  perhaps  have  some  foundation  in  fact. 
An  attempt  has  been  made  in  modern  times  to  take  from 
Chamberlain  the  credit  of  killing  the  Indian  chief,  but  the 
earlier  records  and  traditions  seem  to  confirm  the  story. 
After  a  careful  examination  of  the  whole  subject,  I  am  led 
to  believe  that  the  weight  of  evidence  is  in  its  favor.  The 
following  incidents  relating  to  Chamberlain  are  mentioned 
in  the  account  of  Lovewell's  P'ight,  which  appears  in  connec- 
tion with  the  third  edition  of  Symmes's  Sermon.  Through- 
out the  pamphlet  r\Ir.  Russell,  the  editor,  writes  the  name 
"  Lovell,"  —  which  spelling  is  in  accordance  with  the 
pronunciation. 

Several  of  the  Indians,  particularly  PaugUS  their  Chief,  were  well 
known  to  Lovkli.'s  men,  and  frctjuently  conversed  with  each  other 
during  the  Engagement.  In  the  course  of  the  liattle.  Paugus  and 
John  Chambedain  discoursed  familiarly  with  each  other ;  their  guns 
had  become  foul  from  fre(}uent  firing  ;  they  washed  their  guns  at  the 
pond,  and  the  latter  assured  I'augus  that  he  siiould  kill  him  ;  Paugus 
also  menaced  him,  and  bid  defiance  to  iiis  insinuations  :  when  they 
had  prepared  their  guns,  they  loaded  and  discharged  them,  and  Paugus 
fell. 

A  son  of  Paugus.  after  it  had  become  a  time  of  peace,  went  to 
Dunstable  [Groton?],  to  revenge  his  father's  death,  with  the  death  of 
Chambedain  —  He  did  not  go  directly  to  Chamberlain's,  but  to  the 
house  of  a  neighbor,  where  he  tarried  several  days,  upon  some  pre- 
tended Inisiness,  that  his  design  might  not  be  discovered  ;  his  errand 
was  however  suspected,  and  a  hint  given  to  Chamberlain  —  who  cut  a 


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port-hole  above  his  floor  tl 


discoveiL'd  an  Indian  behind  1 


irough  which  he  very  early 


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not  afterwards  heard  of. 


mheriain   (who  was 


or  Uun.ubic     (Nashu.-,,  New  llampslnre,  1846),  says:  _ 

An  In,lia„  „„oe  calld  on  ChaniLcatain  a.  hi,  sa.v-mill  in.cn.linL-  to 
way-lay  I,™  on     i.  rcnn,  la.n.o.ar.,  a.  ni,.,,.,;,,,,  ,].„„,        ,^1.. 

h..  paten  k-dfnc.„,l,  and  the  „,otive  of  his  visit.     Wl,i|c  en-a^ed  h 
-vork,  he  ,„v,ted  the  Indian  to  exantine  the  >vheel„it,      d  iil 

:i::;;:r^^c':',  :::;:,''''■ ""'" ""  -  '""*'*^-  "■^"'"'" 

the  vtsits  said  to  have  been  ,„a<Ie  by  a  son  of  I'ati.ais  in 
order  to  ave„,,e  his  father's  death,  and  contains  evFdetUy 
many  ,„acc„rac,es  both  in  regard  to  tinte  and  place :  - 

streamed'',,'""'',',""  "■"°'"-     '''"■  ''"""""  °'  ""^'"'>  '"'>  '""S 
reanK.I  ahove  the  towers  of  ,l„el,ce.     The   Indians  had  left  the 

Ues  and  woods  of  Ne,v   Han,|.shire,  for  the  broader  water,  and 

s trofT'  "'  '""^""  '""  ""  "■^■"  •''™  '''  '■^■"«'  "•'™ 

b  news  of  the  ranf-ers.  tnitamahle  by  anv  other  enemy,  or  thev  were 
^leeptng  "each  in  his  narn.w  .ell  forever  laid."     Uh    e  the  Si  Zl 

CO  ,,lf,.  now  stood  the  ntfant  village,  and  the  peaceful  l^eighbor. 
hood.  I  he  water-fall  at  whose  roaring  foot  ,he  I,„|ia„  „„,,  <|ar,e,l 
h.~  mde  spear  ,nto  the  sahnon,  or  hooked  the  tront  upon  hi.  ct,r    d 


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bit  of  hone,  now  fiiriK'd  the  wluvl  of  the  c  hiinsy  Knst-mill,  wliither 
the  joHgiiiM  farmer  hroii^'hl  his  "rye  and  Indian,"  over  moss  and  hill, 
and  tiiroiigh  hush  and  swamp,  in  safety.  'I'lie  congrei^ations,  as  they 
gathered  together  "  at  meeting,"  no  longer  brought  their  charged  gims 
to  the  house  of  worship,  or  feared  that  the  i)rayers  of  their  minister 
would  be  interrupted  ly  the  war-whoop.  Of  Lo\  ell's  men,  scarcely  a 
sunivor  remained  of  the  few  that  lived  through  the  desperate  fight,  at 
Pe(|ua\vket.  Chamberlain  was  still  alive.  He  was  an  old  grey-headed 
man.  He  had  long  given  over  hunting,  and  peace  had  changed  his 
s|)ear  into  an  implement  of  husbandry;  of  all  his  hunting  and 


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years,  nothing  remained  to  him  but  the  gun  that  killed  1' 


aligns 

at  Novell's  pond,  and  the  bullet  pouch  and  yellow  powder  h(jrn,  cov- 
ered over  with  Indian  devices,  which  were  the  siioil  of  the  savage  in 
that  terrible  encounter,  'ihese  he  had  preserved  with  an  old  man's 
care.  His  cottage,  from  which  went  up  the  solitary  smoke  that  caught 
the  eye  of  I.ovell  and  his  men,  now  was  the  centre  of  a  considerable 
hamlet.  A  wild  stream  ran  past  it,  and,  a  little  way  below  it,  tumbled 
down  a  fall,  upon  which  stood  one  of  the  rude  saw-mills  of  that  day, 
and  old  Chamberlain,  once  the  swift  hunter  and  the  strong  and  proud 
warrior,  was  now  the  humble  owner,  and  more  humble  tender.  He 
had  survived  his  wife  and  his  children.  Few  of  his  neighbors  ven- 
tured to  be  familiar  with  him,  on  account  of  the  stern  peculiarity  of  his 
character  ;  and  he  passed  his  days  in  solitude,  e.\cept  such  association 
as  men  had  with  him  in  his  humble  vocation. 

In  the  year  1777,^  towartls  the  close  of  one  of  those  fair  days  in 
autumn,  which  make  up  the  "  Indian  summer,"  a  number  of  the  vil- 
lagers of  1' ,  had  gathered  into  their  one-story  tavern,  to  talk  over 

their  little  politics,  as  they  were  wont,  when  they  were  surprised  and 
startled  by  the  entrance  of  a  young  Indian  among  them.     An  Indian, 

at  that  time,  hatl  got  to  be  a  rarity  in  V .     He  was  tall,  over  si.x 

feet,  and  finely  formed,  after  the  fashion  of  the  forest.  He  had  a  belt 
of  wampum  around  his  waist,  and  from  it  hung  his  tomahawk.  A 
long  gun  was  in  his  hand,  and  he  stood  in  moccasins,  with  the  grace 
and  dignity  of  the  son  of  a  chief.  He  placed  his  gun  behind  the 
door,  and  silently  took  his  seat  i)y  himself  A  little  before  sunset  the 
farmers  left  the  inn  and  returnetl  to  their  iiomes.     One  old  hunter 


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roiiKiincd  with  tlio  landlord  anil  the  yoiin-  savant'.  'I'he  hnntcr  eyed 
the  Indian  with  keen  attention,  —  his  suspicions  were  awakened  at'tiie 
sight  of  this  warrior,  armed,  so  remote  from  the  residence  of  the  near- 
est tribe,  and  in  a  time  of  peac^e.  He  was  a<-(|uainted  with  the 
In(hans  in  tlie  (jjd  wars,  and  his  suspicions  were  heightened  and  con- 
finned,  when  lie  Iieard  tlie  young  cliief  ask  the  kindlord,  in  a  low  an<l 
indifferent  lone,  if  "  one  ( :iiamherkiin  (hvelt  in  the  vilkige."  TJie  kuul- 
lord  pointed  out  to  him  tiie  mill,  where  tiie  old  man  labored,  and  the 
cottage  where  he  «hvelt.     The  Indian  took  his  gun  and  went  out. 

"Some  of  the  blood  of  old   J'augus,"  said  the  hmiter,  "and.  I  '11 
venture  my  life,  come  to  avenge  the  death  of  that  chief  uijon  Cham- 
l)erlain.     I  '11  give  the  old  man  warning."     J  k-  hastily  stepped  out,  and 
following  a  winding  ]>ath,  that  led  down  to  the  saw-mill,  where  the  old 
man  was  still  at  his  toils,  he  reached  the  mill,  and  tokl  Chamberlain, 
Unit  yoHii:rr,vigiis,fnwi  Canada,  fiad  come  with  his  HfJr  and  touul 
ha7i>k  to  avenge  upon  him  the  death   of  that  chief.      Chamberlain's 
check  turned  ashy  ])ale,  and  he  sternly  replied,  "  tell  yotmg  Paugus  I 
Iiave  the  gun  that  slew  his  flither,  and  he  had  far  better  return  to  his 
forest  than  molest  me   in  my  old  age  ;  "  as  he  spoke,   he  pointed 
to  his  long  gun  as  it  hung  wx^ow  prongs  of  the  moose  horn,  driven 
mto  the  saw-mill  plate,  and  near  it  was  suspended  the  bullet-pouch 
and  ])owder-horn  of  Pe.,uawket.     The  hunter  had  given  his  warning 
and  retired.      The  sun  was  setting  to  the  south   of  .Moosehillock. 
(.  hamberlain  took  down  his  gun, —  tried  his  Hint.  — charged  it,  — took 
the  pouch  and  horn  and  flung  them  upon  his  si.ie,  — hung  up'nearthe 
saw-gate  the  old  garment  he  had  worn  at  work  through'  the  tlay  — 
hoisted  the  gate  of  the  mill  and  set  it  rapidly  agoing,' looke.l  keenly 
around  him,  in  every  direction,  and  retired  to  an  eminence  a  k•^^■  rods 
distant,  crowned  with  a  clump  of  thick  bushes,  and  crouched  down 
to  await  the  approach  of  his  mysterious  enemv.     He  was  not,  how- 
ever, mysterious  to  Chamberlain.     The  old   man  remembered  every 
trait  in  the  Iniiian  character,  and  calculated  with  great  accuracy  as  to 
the  time  and  manner  of  Paugus's  advance,     just  as  it  was  growing  too 
dusky  to  .lisiinguish  a  human  form,  except  towards  the  west,  the  old  man 
descried  him  creeping  cautiously  from  a  L.-ich  of  bushes,  eight  or  ten 
rods  above  the  mHl,  by  the  torrent,  with  his  cocked   rifle  before  him, 
and  his  hand  upon  the  lo;:k.     The  young  savage  heard  the  noise  of  the 
saw-frame,  and  could  discern  it  in  rapid  motion,  and  shrunk  back  into 


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the  thi.ket      He  <a,n.  out  nKain.  .,  little  .li.taiuc  frcm  where  he  went 
>n.  an.l,  w,th  the  wary  nmlions  of  ,1,.  a,„h...h.  reccnnoitere.l  the  n.ill. 
UKUnberlain  marke.l  h„n  all  the  while,  as  the  rata,no,.nt  eves  the  fox 
Vo.uig  l'a„Ki.s  came  out  oC  ihc  hushes  the  thin!  thne.  an.l  in  a  new 
<|uarter.  and    was   stealthily  advan.Mng.  when   something   seemed  to 
«:ateh  h.s  eye  in  the  form  of  his  father's  slayer  -  he  stopped  short 
-brought  h,s  nlle  to  his  eye,  and,  with  ,|ui,k  aim.  fired.     The  re- 
l-.t  rung  sharp  an.l  low  t.pon  the  still  air.  as  if  the  gun  itself  were 
nu.flled.  or  atraxl  to  speak  aboNe  its  breath,     \oung  I'augus  crept 
out  upon  a  null  log.  that  extende.l  over  the    rapid,  an.l   stretching 
h.mseU    up  to  h,s  full  height,  as  if  to  ascertain,  without  advancings 
the  success  of  his  shot.     The  old  man  could  spare  hin,  no  longer. 
He  saw  the  well-remembered  form  of  the  old  I'e.juawket  <  hief  as  the 
young  savage  stood  against  the  sky  of  the  west,  which  was  still  red  with 
the  rays  ol  the  sunken  s,m.     He  levelled  the  fatal  g.m  -  it  blazed - 
yo.mg  I'augus  leaped  into  the  air  six  feet,  as  the  ball  whistled  through 
h.s   heart -and  his   lifeless  body  fell  tar  down  into  the  rapid,  that 
foamed  below  him,  while  his  vengeful  spirit  (le.l  and  mingled  with  that 
sterner  one,  whic:h  |.arted  long  before  at  Lovewell's  pond,  in 

"  I'liL-  land  where  their  fathers  had  komc." 

Chamberlain  returned  slowly  and  gloomily  to  his  c:ottage. 

The  next  morning  a  bullet  hole  through  the  centre  of  the  old  gar- 
ment he  ha<l  himg  at  the  saw-frame,  admonished  him,  that  the  aim  as 
well  as  the  vengeance  of  old  Paugus,  had  desc-ended  to  his  sons  •  and 
as  he  mused  t.pon  those  he  had  slain,  and  rellected,  that  although  he 
was  ol.l.  he  still  tnight  have  again  to  lift  his  gun  against  the  bloo.l  of 
Pat.gus,  or  himself  fall  by  their  avenging  hand,  he  wished  bitterly,  that 
some  other  bullet  than  his  own  had  slain  that  renowned  chiJfi  and 
that  they  had  never  met  to  quench  their  battle  thirst,  antl  scour  out 
their  foul  guns,  tipon  the  sh'.-e  of  Lovcwell's  pond. 

(Caleb  Butler's  "History  of  Groton,"  pages  loS-iio.] 

John  Chamberlain,  the  siir\iving  hero  of  Lovcwell's  Fight, 
was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  ICIizabcth  Chamberlain,  of 
Chelmsford,  where  he  was  born  March  22  at  29,  1692.  The 
father  was  a  carpenter  and  miller,  who  afterward  removed  to 
Groton,  and   lived   about  a  quarter    of  a    mile   northerly  of 


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VV attics  loml.on  the  left-hand  side  c.f  the  road  t.,  Ih.Mis 
He  ,s  supposed  tc,  have  died  about  the  >-ear  lycj.  After  the 
I  .ght  the  son  was  kn.nvn  as  ••  P.u.ki.s  John,"  and  bcre  that 
name  thron.h  ,fe.  He  ouned  a  nnll.  situated  near  iwj, 
Loaf  on  a  small  stream  formed  by  the  confluence  of  Mar- 
.ns     ..nd  Hrook.  and    another,  now  called    l'au^n.s    I^rook 

His  death  took  place  about  the  year   i;5S 

If  cyeryounK'  I'auKus  came  to  (iroton  ,m  order  to  aven-e 

h.s  father  s  death,  and   it  seems  very  evident  from   tradition 
hat  he  did.  ,t  was  imdoubtedly  at  this  place.     J-'urthermore 

there  .s  a  deep  hole  in  I'au^n.s  lirook.  known  as  I'au-us's  I  UaJ 

whcrem    it  is  said   that   Chamberlain   sunk  the   body  Cf  the' 

Indian,  after  he  had  killed  him. 

Many  other  stories  about  the  Indians  have  come  down  by 
trad.t.on,  and  some  of  them  are  probably  true.  The  follow- 
ing one.  told  me  In-  Mr.  Charles  Woolley.  relates  to  Isaac 
Lakm,  one  of  Lovewell's  men.  and  has  never  before  appeared 
in  print.  ^* 

Lakin  lived  in  a  k.-housc  near  the  Nashua  River,  in  the 
north  part  of  the  town.     The  h<.t,se  had  no  ,.lass  windo^v•s. 
but  had  shutters  mstead.  and  a  door  that  swtm,.  on  wooden 
hui^^es.     One  day   an   Indian  was    seen    lurkin^^   about    the 
hot..se.  and    h.din,.    behind    the   stumps,  apparently  bent  on 
n  .sch.ef.     Laku.  se.ed  his  gun.  and.  standing  at  a  crack  in 
the  shutters,  told  h,s  wife  to  swing  the  door  so  that  it  would 
creak  on  its  hmges.     Hearing  the  noise,  and  seeing  the  door 
open  the  Ind.an  sprang  fron,  behind  a  stu.np.  and"started  for 
the   house,  when  Lakin    fired   and    shot   him   dead.      Seein- 
no   s.gns   of    .ther   India.is.   after   dark   he  dug  a   hole   and 
buried  him. 

The  following  letter  shows  the  feeling  of  security  which 
prevailed  m  this  neighborhood  .soon  after  Lovewell's  expe- 

\l'T\    ^l  '^/'"•'^'^^"^^^l.   but  in   the  handwriting   of  Josiah 
y^  illard,  the  Secretary  of  the  Province :  — 

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Sir. 

The  Enemy  being  drawn  off  &  the  Season  of  Danger  pretty 
well  over,  You  must  forthwith  see  that  the  Soldiers  in  the  Frontiers  be 
reduced  to  the  following  Numbers  ;  Viz,  Twenty  five  Men  at  Dunstable 
&  Dracut,  'I'en  at  Turkey  Hills,  Fourteen  at  (Iroton,  Fourteen  at  Lan- 
caster, Twenty  five  at  Rutland  <S:  ten  at  Brookfield,  &  That  all  the 
Rest  of  the  Soldiers  in  the  Counties  of  Middlesex  &  Essex  Including 
L'  Brentnals  Scouts  be  forthwith  disbanded  :  Antl  the  several  officers 
are  required  to  put  these  Orders  in  Execution  accordingly. 
[To]  Coll.  Tvng 

Oct.  20,  1725. 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXXII.  263.] 

Dumnier's  War,  or  Lovcwcll's  War,  as  it  is  sometimes 
called,  ended  early  in  the  year  1726;  and  peace  again 
reigned  along  the  frontier  borders.  There  was  a  respite  of 
hostilities  during  a  considerable  period,  and  the  outlying  set- 
tlements grew  in  number  as  well  as  population. 

The  General  Court  allowed,  June  17,  1725,  the  sum  of  ;^30 
to  the  family  of  Ellis  or  Elias  Barron,  of  Groton,  who  got  lost 
after  the  action,  and  never  was  found.  According  to  a  peti- 
tion in  the  printed  Journal  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
December  21,  1726,  his  widow's  name  was  Priscilla. 

Eleazer  Davis,  of  Concord,  who  was  in  the  famous  Fiszbt. 
subsequently  removed  to  the  town  of  Harvard,  which  was 
made  up  in  part  of  Groton,  and  incorporated  on  June  29, 
1732.  In  the  Journal  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  June 
15,  1738,  is  entered  :  — 

A  Petition  of  Eleazer  Davis  of  Harvard  in  the  County  of  Worees- 
ter,  praying  the  Consideration  of  the  Court  on  Account  of  his  Suffer- 
ings and  Services,  particularly  the  Wounds  and  Smarts  received  in 
the  Fight  under  the  Command  of  the  late  Capt.  Lovewcll,  against  the 
Indian  Enemy  at  Piguiacket. 

Read  and  Ordered,  That  John  Russell,  and  Robert  Hale,  Esqrs  ; 
Mr.  Moodey,  and  Mr.  Terry,  be  a  Committee  to  consider  the  said 
Petition,  and  report  what  may  be  proper  to  be  done  thereon. 


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On  the   following  day  Mr.   Russell,  the  chairman   of  the 
Committee,   reported  an  order  that :  — 

the  Sum  of/our  Pounds  per  Annum  of  the  new  tenor  Bills  be 
granted  and  allowed  to  be  paid  out  of  the  publick  Treasury  for  the 
spaee  of  five  Years  to  the  Petitioner  EleaL  Davis,  to  omte  e 
from  the  first  Day  of  this  Instant  June,  by  way  of  Stip  nd  or  Pen  ion 
on  Aeeount  of  the  Wounds  and  Smart  reeeived  as  within  menlionT' 
In  the  same  Journal.  June  i6,  1738,  is  recorded  :  - 

A  Petition  of  yosiah  Sartell,  shewing  that  he  was  a  Sol.licr  in  the 
Serv.ee  of  the  Province  for  sundry  Years,  and  was  in  diver     'It 
agan.s    the  Indian  Enemy,  wherein  n,any  of  then,  were  si        and  ^ 
b-mself  was  wounded  in  some  of  the  Engagements,  that         In      ^ 
ceived  nothmg  in  Consideration  of  his  Smart  nnd  Servl      ,  ?  . 

established  Pay,  that  he  has  a  large  FanZ  an"  u„d Jr  otr 
stnnrps  •  tl-nf  !,«  I  *  I  --iiiiiiy,  ana  under  low  Lircum- 

glances    that  he  latdy  presumed  for  want  of  Lands  and  Means  of 
purchas„,g  ,0  go  „p„„  son.e  of  ,he  Province  Land  on  the  WeTside 

sonn,  01  the  Lands  there,  prayntg  that  he  may  ol«ain  a  Grant  or  1,. 
allowetl  to  purchase  such  Part  of  the   rtovince  L-,  d  ,1.?         ., 
court  shall  think  convenient  in  Consideratio   ^th^.r  ,  ^     '  "L  'd 
a„d^<>,W,  That  the  Petition  be  considered  on  Tues;.;^.  .o^h 

It  was  voted.  June  32,  that  one  hundred  acres  of  the  „„- 

pproprtatcd  lands  of  the  Province  be  granted  the  pe,      „     • 

and        the  record  of  this  date,  the  nante  is  spelled  Joseph 

took  p  ace        "°"  "■""""  "'"="  °'  """'^  '"^  "^™>  of '"Vice 


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I\  the  year  1744  war  was  as^ain  declared  between  England 
and  France,  called  by  the  I'lnglish  colonists  King  George's 
War.  Civilization  had  now  pushed  the  belt  of  frontier  towns 
far  into  the  wilderness ;  and  Groton  was  no  longer  exposed 
to  the  assaults  of  the  Indians,  though  at  times  threatened 
with  danger.  Her  sons  and  soldiers,  however,  were  still 
found,  during  this  period,  on  the  outer  rim  of  settlements, 
whenever  and  wherever  their  services  were  needed,  either  to 
extend  the  borders  or  to  defend  them.  A  military  organiza- 
tion was  kept  up  in  the  town,  ready  for  emergencies  here,  or 
elsewhere  in  the  neighborhood. 

The  first  settlement  of  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  — 
then  known  as  No.  4,  —  was  made  in  the  year  1740,  by  three 
brothers,  Samuel,  David,  and  Stephen  Farnsworth,  natives  of 
Groton ;  and  they  were  soon  followed  by  Isaac  I'arker  and 
his  sons,  and  Obadiah  Sawtell,  also  of  this  town.  The  Farns- 
worths  were  leading  men  at  Charlestown,  and  they  distin- 
guished themselves  on  several  occasions  in  fights  with  the 
Indians.  Samuel  Farnsworth,  the  eldest  brother,  was  killed 
in  a  skirmish,  May  2,  1746.     David  was  taken  prisoner  by  a 


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party  of  French  Indians,  April  20,  ,757,  and  carried  to 
Canada.  Mo  mana^a-d  to  escape,  and  reached  home,  not  a 
long  time  probably  after  his  capture.  Stephen,  the  youngest 
brother,  had  also  his  bitter  experience  with  the  enemy  He 
was  captured,  April  19,  1746,  and  taken  to  Montreal,  where 
he  remauied  seventeen  long  months  before  he  was  exchanged 
His  health  was  so  broken  down  by  the  hardships  of  his  aip- 
tivity  that  he  never  fully  regained  it.  He  died  September  6 
1771,  leaving  behind  the  reputation  of  a  brave  man  and  a 
good  citizen. 

Ebenezer  I'arnsworth,  a  native  of  Groton,  and  a  kinsman 
of  the  three  brothers  just  mentioned,  was  cai)tured,  August 
30,    1754,  by  the   St.   Francis   Indians,  at  Charlcstown    '  He 
was  earned  to   Montreal   and   held  a  prisoner  during  three 
years.     His  ransom  was  paid  in  the  summer  of  1755  'but  he 
was  not  then  set  at  liberty.     Mrs.  Susanna  Johnson  and  her 
sister,     Miriam    Willard,    were    taken    at    the    same    time 
They  were  both  daughters  of  Moses  Willard,  who  had  for- 
merly lived  in  the  south  part  of  this  town.     A  full  account  of 
the  affair  is  given  in  "A  Narrative  of  the  Captivity  of  Mrs 
John.son,"    published  at  Walpole,  New  Hampshire,   in   1796 
Two  years  later,  on  June  18,  1756,  Moses  Willard,  the  father 
was  killed  by  the  Indians,  at  Charlestown ;    and   in  the  same' 
attack  his  son,  Moses,  Jr.,  had  a  narrow  escape  from  death 
by  the  hands  of  the  savages,  being  severely  wc  undcd  at  the 
time. 

Lieutenant  Isaac  Parker  was  taken  by  the  Indians  at  the 
same  time  with  Stephen  Farnsworth,  and  remained  in  cap- 
tivity until  the  following  winter,  when  he  was  returned  to 
Boston  under  a  flag  of  truce. 

The  Sawtell  family  is  also  largely  represented  in  Charlcs- 
town, where  the  name  is  now  spelled  Sartwell.     It  is  a  numer- 
ous family  in  that  town,  and  they  sprang  from  the  early  settler 
Obadiah,  who  went  from  Grt^ton.     He,  too,  had  a  sad  ex- 
perience in  savage  warfare,  and  once  was  captured    by  the 


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Indians.  He  was  taken  by  them,  May  24,  1746,  and  remained 
a  prisoner  until  August  20,  1747.  He  finally  met  his  death 
at  their  hands,  June  17,  1749,  being  attacked  while  ploughing 
in  his  corn-field,  unsuspicious  of  any  danger. 

Charles  Holden,  Isaac  Holden,  and  Scth  Walker,  natives 
of  Groton,  were  early  settlers  and  proprietors  of  Charlestown. 
Moses  Wheeler  was  another  pioneer,  and  a  distinguished  sol- 
dier, taking  part  in  some  of  the  fiercest  encounters  of  the 
French  and  Indian  War.  He  was  a  large  man,  and  noted  for 
his  strength.  He  was  called  by  the  Indians  "  the  strong 
man."  Moses  Willard,  Isaac  Farwell,  and  Micah  Fuller, 
other  settlers,  were  also  from  this  town.  Eleazer  Priest,  son 
of  Joseph  Priest,  of  Groton,  and  a  soldier,  was  captured  by 
the  Indians,  March  15,  1748,  at  Charlestown,  and  died  at 
Louisburg,  Nova  Scotia,  in  September  of  that  year,  while 
on  his  way  home. 

In  the  year  1746  Charlestown  was  deserted  on  account  of 
the  Indians,  and  the  retiring  inhabitants  took  up  their  abode 
mostly  in  Groton,  Lunenburg,  and  Leominster.  Many  of  the 
facts  concerning  this  frontier  settlement  in  the  Connecticut 
Valley,  I  have  found  in  the  "  History  of  Charlestown,  New- 
Hampshire,  the  Old  No.  4,"  written  by  the  Reverend  Henry 
H.  Saunderson,  and  published  in  the  year  1876. 

During  King  George's  War,  alarms  in  New  England  were 
sometimes  caused  by  the  presence  of  P'rcnch  vessels  along 
the  coast.  In  the  early  autumn  of  1 746  an  attack  on  Boston 
was  threatened  by  the  Duke  d'Anville's  fleet;  and  it  is  said 
that  more  than  eight  thousand  men  under  arms  rushed  at 
short  notice  to  the  defence  of  the  capital.  Among  these  sol- 
diers was  a  company  from  Groton,  under  the  command  of 
Captain  William  Lawrence.  The  alarm  was  of  short  dura- 
tion, and  the  term  of  service  on  the  part  of  the  men  corre- 
spondingly short,  ranging  from  two  to  twelve  days.  The 
muster-roll  of  the  company  during  this  brief  period  is  now 
in  the  possession  of  Mr.  James  Lawrence  Bass,  of  Boston  ;  and 


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great-great-grandson  of  Captain  Lawrence,  and  the  roll  has 
come  down  with  other  family  papers.     The  list  of  officers 


was : 


William  Lawrence, 
James  Prescott, 
John  Woods, 
Obadiah  Parker, 
Hezekiah  Sawtell, 
Amos  Lawrence, 

William  Prescott, 

John  Pratt, 

Joseph  Page, 

Israel  Hoi)art, 

Jonathan  Longlcy, 


captain, 

lieutenant, 

lieutenant, 

sergeant, 

sergeant, 

sergeant, 

clerk, 

corporal, 

corporal, 

corjjoral, 

sentinel. 


Captam  Lawrence  lived  on  the  west  side  of  the  present 
Mam  Street,  just  north  of  James's  Brook,  and  always  took  a 
prommcnt  part  in  the  affairs  of  th:  town.  He  was  a  son  of 
John  and  Anna  (Tarbell)  Lawrence,  was  born  August  ii 
1697,  and  married  Susanna,  one  of  the  eight  daughters  of 
Jonas  Prescott.  Captain  Lawrence  subsequently  became  the 
colonel  of  h.s  regiment,  and  during  many  years  represented 
the  town  in  the  General  Court.  He  was  an  older  brother  of 
Sergeant  Amos  Lawrence,  the  ancestor  of  several  distinguished 
families. 

Lieutenant  James  Prescott  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Abigail  (Oliver)  Prescott,  and  born  on  January  13  i7->o', 
Through  his  aunt  Susanna  he  was  a  nephew  of  the  company 
commander;  and  by  his  own  subsequent  marriage  to  a  cousin 
he  became  a  son-in-law  of  the  same  officer.  During  a  Ion- 
hfe  he  was  much  engaged  in  public  affairs;  and  in  the  militia 
he  passed  through  all  the  grades  of  office  from  ensi-n  to 
co.onel.  He  was  the  elder  brother  of  the  company  clerk, 
who  ,n  later  years  became  distinguished  as  the  commander 
of  the  American  forces  at  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill      At  this 


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time  William  Prescott  was  only  twenty  years  old,  and  this 
episode  in  his  career  was  his  earliest  military  experience. 
His  term  of  service  was  five  days,  for  which  he  received 
the  sum  of  five  shillinj^s  and  tenpence,  as  his  signature  on 
the  back  of  the  roll  shows.  The  other  officers  were  well- 
known  men  of  recognized  ability.  The  list  of  privates  in  the 
company  was :  — 


Amos  Holdin 

James  Burt 

Sam"  Scri])turc  Jn' 

I'^bcnezer  I''arns\vortli  Jn' 

Josepli  Farwcll  Jn' 

Da\id  Sawtell  Jn' 

John  Preist 

Thomas  Lawrence     ; 

Ambros  Lakin 

Benj'  I'ago 

William  Push 

Oliver  Farnsworth 

Oliver  farwell 

Isaac  Peirce 

Samuel  Nichols 

Benjamin  Chase 

Amos  Robinson 

Ruben  Woods 

William  Simonds 

John  Sawtell 

Mathias  Farnsworth 

Zechariah  Sawtell 

Benj'  Davis 

Josiah  Farnsworth 

Sam"  Kemp 

Isaac  Green 

Jonathan  Green 

Sam"  farwell 

James  Hart  well 


James  Tarbell 
Zecheriah  Longley 
John  \Vhite  Jn' 
P>enj'  Steward 
John  Harris 
William  'J'ucker 
Stephan  Johnson 
John  \\hitman 
Nathaniel  White 
Abial  Stone 
John  Farwell 
John  ICdwards  Jn' 
Sam"  Tenney 
Thomas  Gurtis 
Joseph  P)kinrhard  Jn' 
Thomas  Powers 
Jonathan  Patch 
I%leazor  Wood 
Oliver  Corey 
Oliver  Whitcomb 
Sam"  Hore 
Lemuel  Barret 
Robart  Chapin 
Josiah  Hasting 
Jonathan  Parker 
Bennet  Wood 
A\'illiam  \\'arrin 
Simon  Davis  Jn' 
David  Powers  Jn' 


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Nathan  Hartwcll 
Jonathan  Nutting 
Nathaniel  Woods 
John  Tarloell 


Simon  Blanchard 
Abel  Jcwett 
Robert  Robins  Jn' 
ICphrain  Philbrck 


Receipts  for  service  are  in  existence  which  seein  to  show 
that  th,s  muster-roll  was  incomplete.  Some  of  the  men  were 
from  Littleton  and  others  from  Lancaster.  Private  Thomas 
Lawrence  who  was  a  nephew  of  the  Captain,  subsequently 
served  w.th  great  credit  during  the  French  and  Indian  War 
as  a  commissioned  officer,  and  lost  his  life  in  a  skirmish  with 
the  Indians  at  Half-way  Brook,  near  Lake  George,  on  July  ^o 

In  the  Journal  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  April  ->^ 
1746,  IS  found  "A  Petition  of  limam  Tarbell  of  Groton  a 
Soldier  wounded  in  the  Service  of  the  Province,  praying  a 
Consideration  therefor."  The  petitioner  belonged  to  the 
same  family  as  the  Tarbell  children  who  were  carried  off  to 
Canada,  and  was  probably  their  nephew. 

In  the  summer  of  1747  a  body  of  Indians  made  their 
appearance  within  the  limits  of  Fitchburg,  and  committed 
various  acts  of  depredation.  Attacking  the  garrison  of  John 
iMtch,  early  one  morning,  they  killed  two  soldiers;  and,  burn- 
ing the  h(nise,  carried  off  as  prisoners  Fitch  and  his  wife,  with 
their  four  children.  An  alarm  was  at  once  given,  and  Rufus 
C.  lorrey,  in  his  History  of  Fitchburg  (1865),  says :  — 

Soldiers  arrived  in  an  incredibly  short  period,  from  Groton,  Lan- 
caster, and  even  from  Westford.     They  immediately  put  themselves 
under  tlie  command  of  Major  Hartwell,  and  started  in  pursuit      They 
had  not  proceeded  far  beyond  the  smoking  ruins   of  the  garrison 
l)efore  they  discovered  a  paper  stuck  in  the  bark  of  a  tree      This 
contained  a  request,  signed  by  Fitch,  not  to  have  his  friends  i)ursue 
hini  ;  for  the  Indians  had  given  him  to  un.lerstand  what  his  destiny 
was  to  be  If  they  were  not  molested  ;  but  if  they  shcakl  be  pursued 
and  likely  to  be  overtaken,  tlien  they  should  forthwith  kill  him  together 
w^h  h,s  wife  and  children.    The  soldiers,  on  the  receipt  of  this,  returned 
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Scouting  parties  went  out,  from  time  to  time,  as  occasion 
required,  in  order  to  reconnoitre  the  country  and  protect  the 
neighborhood.  They  were  made  up  largely  of  men  used  to 
hardships  and  fond  of  adventure,  who  were  training  in  a  good 
school  for  future  service.  Some  of  the  most  efficient  soldiers 
during  the  Revolutionary  War  received  the  rudiments  of  their 
military  education  at  this  period. 

Near  the  end  of  King  George's  War,  the  town  was  again 
threatened  with  danger;  and  a  company  of  thirty-two  men, 
under  the  command  of  Captain  Thomas  Tarbell,  scouted  in 
this  vicinity  for  six  days  in  July,  1748,  but  they  do  not  appear 
to  have  discovered  the  enemy.  A  few  days  afterward  another 
company,  of  thirty-six  men,  was  sent  on  a  similar  expedition, 
but  with  no  better  success.  In  the  rolls  of  these  two  com- 
panies are  many  names  prohiinent  in  the  annals  of  the  town 
from  its  very  beginning.  Among  them  are  the  Prcscotts,  the 
Lawrences,  the  Shattucks,  the  Ameses,  the  Bancrofts,  the 
Shepleys,  the  Parkers,  a  son  of  the  Reverend  Mr.  Bradstreet, 
and  a  grandson  of  the  Reverend  Mr.  Hobart, 

A  List  of  the  Names  of  the  men  that  Scouted  In  the  woods  In  July 
last  under  the  comand  of  CapJ  Tho?  Tarbell  of  Groton  &  the  Number 
of  Days  the  ware  In  s'  Service 

We  Set  out  y;^^  7  Day  &  :  Returned  y=  13'!'  Except  Jacob  Ames  who 

was  Taken  sick  &  Returned  back  y^'  2;'  Day 
Groton  Oct;'  21^'  1748 

attest  Tho;*  Lawrence  Cler. 


Liu  Eleazer  Green 
F>nsighn  Stephen  Holden 
Sarga*  John  Page 
Serg.  Simon  Pearce 
Sam'!  Shattuck  Ju"' 
James  Shattuck 
Eleazer  Tarbell 
Jonathan  Hoklen 
Elias  Ellett 


Sam!'  Kemp  Ju' 
Jona^  Shattuck  Ju' 
John  Gilson  Jul; 
Joseph  Patterson 
Timothy  Mores 
Neh:'  Jewett 
Edm'.'  Bancroft 
Isaac  Hoklen 
Pilott  Jerah'.  Powers 


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John  Shattiick 
Moses  Woods 
Thof  Lakin 
John  Kecmp 
Jona"  Sartcll 
Moses  lilooil 
Henrey  Farwell 


Nath:'  Smith 
Jona!  Lawrence 
Henry  J  efts 
Aaron  Woods 
Jacob  Ames 
Eleazer  Green  Jur 
John  Parker  J  iif 


also  by  the  authority  a  fore  sd  on  the  28th  of  Jt.ly  I  marched  in  to 
1  he  wilderness  mqnest  of  the  Enemy  with  Tiie  men  whose  Names 
are  hear  after  written  and  Returned  the  39  Day:  and  we  found  our 
belues  both  preuision  and  amanision  both  Times. 


John  Bulkely 
James  Prescott 
John  Gilson 
Dudley  bradstreet 
Jeremiah  Shattuck 
William  Nutting 
Tho'*  Lavvrance 
Isaac  Green 
Jos.  Shcei)le 
Tho^  Woods 
Joseph  Parker 
Nathaniel  Parker 
W'^  bennett 
Nathaniel  Shattuck 
Ezekiel  Nutting 
Joseph  Gilson 
Isaac  Gilson 
James  fisk 


Jonas  Parker 
Ruben  Woods 
Jonathan  Lawrance 
Jeremiah  hobart 
Isaac  Lakin  Jun' 
Joseph  beni.ett 
Joseph  Chandler 
Isaac  Patch  Jun' 
John  Nutting  Jr 
Jonathan  prescot 
Daniel  Pollard 
Ebenezer  Lakin 
Peter  Parker 
Sam"  bowers 
Tho"  Chamberlin 
Ebenezer  blood 
Nathaniel  Davis  Jun' 
Josiah  Sartell  clerk 


[En.Iorsed]  '^"°  '^••^^'^^"^  ^ap' 

Noaember  io>"  1748     this  may  Certifie  that  the  Can'  and  men 

withm  mentioned  ware  sent  oute  by  me  and  by  Co"  AVillards  order 

Directed  to  me : 

William  Lawrence 

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Daniel  Farmer,  a  Gn.ton  soldier,  was  taken  prisoner,  July 
14.  1748,  in  a  skirmish  with  the  Indians,  near  Fort  Dummer.' 
lie  was  carried  to  Canada,  and  kept  till  the  foUowinj,^  (October, 
when  he  was  allowed  to  return  home. 

Fort  Dummer  was  situated  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Con- 
necticut River,  in  the  present  town  of  Urattleborou^di,  \'er- 
mont.  Two  of  its  early  commanders  had  been  connected 
with  Groton  by  the  tics  of  kindred.  Colonel  Josiah  Willard, 
for  many  years  in  command  of  the  Fort,  was  a  ^^randson  of 
the  Reverend  Mr.  Willard;  and  he  was  succeeded  by  Lieuten- 
ant Dudley  Jiradstreet,  a  son  of  the  Reverend  IVIr.  Bradstreet, 
and  a  native  of  this  place. 

Jonathan  Nutting,  whose  petition  is  found  in  the  Journal 
of  the  House  of  Representatives,  June  9,  1755,  and  herewith 
given,  was  undoubtedly  a  Groton  man :  — 

A  Petition  of  yonatJtan  Nutting,  a  Soldier  at  St.  George'^  Fort, 
representing  the  Difficulties  he  is  reduced  to  by  Reason  of  the  great 
Charge  he  was  at  in  a  long  Sickness  whicli  befell  liim  in  the  Year 
I  751  ;  and  praying  for  such  Allowance  out  of  tlie  public  'lYeasury  for 
his  Relief,  as  may  be  judged  reuhunable. 

Joseph  Gibson,  whose  application  for  an  allowance  appears 
in  the  same  Journal,  January  11,  1760,  and  is  here  printed, 
was  probably  the  soldier  who  served  in  Captain  Lovewell's 
expedition  to  Pequawket,  during  the  spring  of  1725  : 

A  Petition  of  Joseph  Gihon  of  Groton,  representing  his  Services 
and  Sufferings  for  his  Country,  praying  a  Compensation,  for  the 
Reasons  mentioned. 

King  George's  War  was  brought  to  an  end  by  the  treaty 
of  Ai.x-la-Chapelle,  in  the  year  1748. 

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CHAPTER   VI. 
FRENCH     AND    INDIAN    WAR. 


^    It  was  not  many  years  after  this  period  that  another  war 
rokc  out,  known  in  America  as  the  French  and  Indian  War 
It  was  the  last  and  severest  of  the  intercolonial  stru^^-les  and 
the  Indians  fou<;ht  on  each  side,  though  mostly  agains't  us 
Ihc  first  conflict  of  arms  took  place  in  May.  1754.  and  the 
war  contmued  until  a  treaty  of  peace  was  macie  in  1-cbruary 
1763.     Several  expeditions  were  or-anized  at  different  tin.es' 
in  which  Groton  men  bore  their  part. 

Thomas  Lawrence  was  the  second  lieutenant  of  a  company 
in  an  expedition  up  the  Kennebec  River  durincx  the  summer 
of  1754.  His  subsequent  career  shows  him  to  have  been  a 
brave  man, -a  better  fiohter  than  speller,  judging  from  the 
following  petition  on  file  at  the  State  House:  ~ 

the  M:::::Xts  \  "^  "^  ^^^^^  ^^ '^'-  ^-^"  ^-^^r  cap'  Cen. 

Bay  )      era/  and  Comma,u/Jcr  in  C/urJf  of  .^' Frouince 

and  to  the  Ilonnorrablc  His  Majesty's  Counsel 
and  House  of  Representaues  Norn  Assembled  at 
Boston  the  30'"  of  October  A:  D  ;   17-4 

M^delse'r'""  ''  ''"""  '^""""'  "'  "^'"^"^  '■"  '■"'  ^'"""'y  °f 
Humbly  Shueth  that  you  pertiscner  Chearfully  Ingaged  in  the  Fx- 
pcHiit.sion  W -ich  hath  ben  j.erforme.l  to  the  Eastward  up  CenchZk 
K.uer  and  Went  in  tlie  C^opasety  of  a  Second  LeF  in  the  Company 


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under  the  Commanil  of  Cap'  lliimiiliry  llohbs  and  allways  Ilndeiiered 
to  perruuriue  luiery  Command  according  to  tlie  l)est  of  His  I'owar 
and  ailcr  I  lis  Retn.n  from  the  Long  march  up  Cencbeck  Riuer  your 
I'etisionner  was  c:alled  upon  to  Asist  in  raiseng  of  a  block  House  at 
Fert  Hallcfax  VVich  he  ded  and  in  Laying  Down  one  of  the  plank  it 
being  too  lleauy  for  Him  it  gaue  His  hack  a  sudden  Rinch  Wich 
I  often  Feel  the  I'.ffects  of  to  this  I  >ay  and  fear  shall  as  Long  as  I  live 
and  soon  after  was  'i'aiken  With  a  slow  leaver  \Vic:h  is  Now  more  tlian 
six  W'eakes  and  it  is  Now  Fine  Weaks  next  Saterday  sinc;e  I  Landded 
at  Boston  and  was  carred  to  M'"  Sharrows  Whare  I  Have  Laid  lOuer 
sinee  but  Now  throw  the  (Jraite  goodness  of  Clod  am  (iott  so  Well  as 
to  Indeuer  to  Ride  Home  in  a  ("hair  if  I  had  one,  and  by  Reason 
of  this  Long  and  'I'edious  sickness  hath  ocationed  Graite  Kxpence  as 
may  Apear  by  the  Accompts  Hear  unto  annexd.  Whearfore  I  humbly 
Pray  your  ICxelancy  and  Honnours  to  (Irant  suc:h  Releaf  in  the  prem- 
eses  as  in  your  (Iraite  Wisdom  and  Cioodness  you  shall  see  meet  and 
your  pertisinour  as  in  Duty  IJound  shall  euer  I'ray 

Thomas  Lawranck 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXXIV.  258.] 

Two  days  afterwards  the  sum  of  ^11  105.  Td.  was  allowed 
the  petitioner  out  of  the  public  treasury.  The  bill  of  his 
pliysician,  Gillain  Tayler,  was  £2  6s.  4^/.,  and  that  of  his  land- 
lady, Mary  Sharrow,  ;^59  i  i.y.  6^.,  old  tenor,  equivalent  to 
£"]   i8.f.   io</.,  lawful  monev. 

Fort  Halifax  was  situated  on  the  east  side  of  the  Kennebec 
River,  within  the  present  limits  of  Winslow,  Maine.  This 
town  was  incorporated  in  the  year  1771,  and  so  named  after 
General  John  Winslow,  who  was  in  command  of  the  expedition 
sent  to  that  region  when  the  fort  was  built. 

Henry  Woods  was  in  the  same  expedition,  and  his  petition 
is  as  follows :  — 

^  To  /lis  Excellency  IVil/iam  Shirley  Es<f  Cap'  Gen- 

Province  of  the     f  ,    „  ,  ,^  3      ■     r^i    .c  ■     c 

,,        ,  „      ,  crai  GoTcriiour  and  Lommanaer  in  tfuef  in  cn 

Massachusetts  Bay  \  •' 

;  Over  Province 

To  the  Hon''!"-"  his  Majesties  Council  and  House  of  Representatives 
assembled  at  Boston  Feb7  5'!'  1755 


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presentatives 


The  Petition  of  Henry  Woods  of  droton  In  the  County  of  Midds:" 
Hiimlily  shewoth  that  your  IVtitioner  Kiilisted  himself  to  go  (the  sum- 
mer past)  in  the  Mxitcchtioii  to  the  luistward  on  Kenelieck  River;  iV 
always  faithrully  IVrformM  what  service  I  was  call'd  I'or,  lUit  al)out 
the  beginning  of  Sep'  last,  was  Taken  sick  att  Fort  Hallifax,  (with  the 
nervous  Feaver)  \:  Lay  there  about  ninety  Days;  So  bad  a  Consid- 
erable I'art  of  the  Time  That  Life  almost  (lisi)air'd  of.  Hut  Thro  : 
Divine  (ioodness  arriv'd  at  iJoston  the  ninth  of  Dec;  Fast:  and  was 
Carryed  to  M'.''  Sherrows  :  and  there  Fay  Confined  by  a  I'eaver-Sore 
(under  the  hand  of  Doc','  Taylor)  more  I'han  a  month  anil  then 
Convey'd  in  a  Chair  to  Croton  not  being  able  Ever  since,  to  do  im 
hours  work,  or  walk  about  the  House  without  something  to  lean 
ujjon 

May  it  I'lease  Your  Excellency  :  &  Hon''.''  Your  Petitioner  would 
Crave  Leave  to  inform  you,  'Fhat  Clafford  i\:  Hambleton  the  Two  men 
That  nurs'd  me  at  Hallifax  Demanded  of  me  Six  Founds  and  Fight 
Shillings  Fawful  Money  :  Saying  that  Cap'  Melvin  Fromis'd  them  so 
much  p  day  as  amounted  to  that  sum.  And  when  I  arriv'd  at  JSoston 
hearing  that  Cap'  Melvin  was  dead:  I  then  Cave  them  a  Fart  in 
money,  and  a  note  of  hand  for  the  Remainder. 

MV  Sherrows  Demands  are  about  five  J'ounds  fifteen  Shillings.  I 
have  forgott,  what  Doc':  Taylors  acc^  was  ;  Hut  am  Inform'd  'Fhat  your 
lOxcellency,  and  Hon':  were  Fleas'd  to  allow  his  Ace.'  (upon  my  for- 
mer Petition)  for  which  I  give  your  Excellency  anil  Hon'^  hearty 
Thanks.  Praying  That  you  would  be  Pleased  again  to  take  under 
your  Compassionate  Consideration  my  Difficult  iV  Distressing  Circum- 
stances :  and  Grant  such  Relief  as  in  your  Creat  Wisdom  <S:  Coodness 
you  may  think  Proper,  and  your  Poor  Distressed  Petitioner  as  in  Duty 
shall  Ever  Pray 

Hknry  Woods 
Croton  F\'b7  10'.''  1755 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LXXIV.  330.] 

From  the  Journal  of  the  FIousc  of  Representatives,  Janu- 
^•■y  I.  1755.  it  appears  that  Woods  had  previously  presented 
another  petition. 

In  answer  to  the  second  petition,  he  was  allowed,  February 
20,  £$  for  his  nurses  before  he  came  to  Boston,  and  the 
further  sum  of  ;^5  os.  yd.  for  his  landlady. 


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The  c//air  mentioned  in  these  petitions  was  a  vehicle  which 
long  since  passed  out  of  use.  It  resembled  a  chaise  with  the 
top  taken  off,  and  was  generally  wide  enough  to  carry  two 
persons. 

According  to  the  same  Journal,  March  31,  1756,  Woods 
made  a  third  application  for  relief,  one  year  later.  It  is  as 
follows :  — 

A  Petition  of  m-z/ry  IVm/s.  of  Grofon,  in  tlic  County  of  Middlesex, 
setting  forth,  that  being  a  Soldier  in  the  Ivxpedilion  to  the  River  Keti- 
mbcik  in  the  Year  i  754,  was  taken  sick,  and  by  his  long  Confinement 
then  contracted  such  Indisposition  as  has  rendered  him  unable  to 
Labour  for  his  Supj^ort  as  heretofore ;  tliat  he  was  put  to  great  Ex- 
pence  thereby,  and  has  received  but  a  partial  Allowance  therefor  ;  and 
praying  such  further  Relief  under  his  distressed  Circumstances,  as 
shall  be  judged  meet. 

Thomas  Lawrence  was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Prudence 
Lawrence,  and  born  at  Groton,  on  September  3,  1720.  He 
is  said  to  have  been  a  man  of  great  size  and  strentrth. 
During  the  summer  of  1758  he  commanded  a  company  be- 
longing to  the  force  operating  around  Lake  George;  and  in 
the  memorable  skirmish  at  a  place  called  Half-way  Brook, 
July  20  of  that  year,  he  was  killed,  with  four  of  his  men : 
namely.  Corporal  Nehemiah  Gould.  Privates  Abel  Sawtell, 
ICbenezer  Ames,  and  Stephen  Foster.  More  than  twenty 
soldiers  were  slain  in  the  action,  and  all  but  one  scalped  by 
the  savage  allies  of  the  French.  The  Reverend  Samuel 
Sewall,  in  the  Appendix  to  his  "  History  of  Woburn,  Massa- 
chusetts "  (page  550),  prints  the  journal  kept  by  Samuel 
Thompson,  which  giver  a  full  account  of  the  affair. 

Captain  Lawrence  lived  in  that  part  of  Groton  which  is 
now  Pepperell;  and  on  :he  departure  of  his  company  for 
the  army,  the  Reverend  Joseph  Emerson  preached  a  sermon. 
It  was  delivered  May  7,  1758,  before  "  Capt.  Thomas  Law- 
rence, rnd  Part  of  his  Company  of  Soldiers:  Before  their 
going   out    into    public    Service."    and    afterward    published. 


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Like  all  discourses  of  that  period  it  is  purely  doctrinal 
in  its  character,  and  contains  not  one  word  of  interest  to 
the  present  generation.  It  would  have  been  easy  for  the 
author  to  have  given  some  information  about  the  various 
-enlistments  of  the  men,  and  a  history  of  the  company  gen- 
erally; but  on  these  points  he  is  utterly  silent.  It  may  be 
said,  however,  in  his  behalf,  that  he  was  talking  to  them  and 
not  to  us. 

Sergeant  Oliver  Lakin,  of  Captain  Lawrence's  company, 
was  taken  prisoner  in  the  action  at  Half-way  Brook,  though 
he  subsequently  escaped.  The  following  entry  in  regard  to 
him  is  found  in  the  Journal  of  the  Massachusetts  House  of 
Representatives  for  January  lo,  1760:  — 

A  Petition  of  Oliver  Lakai  of  Groton,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex^ 
shewing,  that  he  was  a  Soldier  in  the  Pay  of  tlie  Province  Amo  1758,, 
and  was  on  the  20th  Day  of  July  the  same  Year,  Captivated  by  the 
Indian  Enemy,  suffered  many  (S:  great  Hardships,  and  was  ol)liged  to 
borrow  a  Sum  of  Money  to  purcliase  Ills  Freetlom  from  Captivity  ;  he 
therefore  prays  he  may  be  allowed  the  Sum  of  Money  he  borrowed  ; 
also  the  Charges  of  his  Passage  home,  and  a  further  Allowance  for  his 
Loss  of  Time  and  Sufferings  iv:c. 

The  answer  to  the  petition  is  found  two  days  later,  in  the 
proceedings  of  January  I2,  its  follows:  — 

The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  the  Petition  of  0''vcr Lakiu, 
Reported  thereon. 

Read  and  accepted  in  Part,  viz.  Resolved,  'I'hat  the  Sum  of  ei^^lit 
Pounds,  be  allowed  and  paid  out  of  the  jjublie  Treasury  to  William 
Lawrence,  Esq  ;  for  tlie  Use  of  the  Petitioner,  in  full  Consideration 
for  his  Services  antl  Sufferings  therein  mentioned. 

Sent  up  for  Concurrence. 

The  petitioner  was  a  son  of  William  and  Miriam  Lakin,  and 
a  great-grandson  of  F.nsign  John  Lakin,  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  the  town. 

The  following  letter,  from  Lieutenant  Woods  to  his  com- 
pany commander,  is  found  in  Miss  Hemenway's  "Vermont 

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Historical  Gazetteer"  ('IV.  1155,  1 156),  and  refers  to  Lakin's 
release  from  captivity ;  — 

To  Captain  Ephraim  Wesson,  Groton,  in  the  Bay  Government :  — 

Camp  at  Ticonderoga,  1 
August  y"=  1 2th,  1759.     ( 

Sir :  «*^  I'hese  with  my  regards  to  you  and  yours,  are  to  let  you 
know  that  1  am  in  good  health. 

Sir :  —  'l"o  my  great  joy  I  received  your  letter,  which  informed 
me  that  you  and  all  my  friends  were  well ;  also  that  Oliver  Larkin 
[Lakin?]  was  returned  from  captivity,  and  the  remarkable  account  of 
his  getting  home  from  the  enemy.  Give  my  compliments  to  said  Oliver, 
and  tell  him  that  we  are  paying  them  for  tiieir  old  tricks.  As  for  the 
affairs  among  us,  our  employ  is  chiefly  fatigue  duty.  Part  of  the  army 
is  at  Crown  Point,  and  part  is  at  this  place.  We  are  reixairing  this  Fort 
with  all  expedition,  and  the  rest  of  the  army  are  building  a  new  Fort 
Sit  Crown  Point.  We  hear  that  there  is  a  party  of  men  gone  to  lay 
out  a  road  to  No.  4  [now  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire].  The 
army  is  very  healthy,  and  our  company  are  well  that  are  at  this  place. 
So  I  conclude,  ancl  subscribe  myself  your  well-wishing  friend. 

Hf.xrv   ^V'ooI)s. 

In  tlie  Journal  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  June  13, 
1759,  there  is  — 

A  Petition  of  DaTtd  SartwcH  o(  Groton,  in  the  County  of  Middle* 
sex,  setting  forth  that  his  Son  Abel  Sartwell,  went  forth  in  the  Expe- 
dition against  Canada  the  last  Year ;  that  near  Half-  Way-Brook  (so 
Called)  he  was  in  an  Engagement  with  the  Enemy,  and  killed  ;  that  his 
Clun  was  then  lost ;  he  therefore  ])rays  the  Stoppage  may  be  taken 
off,  and  the  Xreasuyer  be  <lirected  to  allow  him  the  three  Pounds 
mentioned. 

Also  in  the  same  Journat,  March  30,  %j6i,  is  — 

A  Petition  of  ^ohn  Ervin,  junr.  of  Groton,  a  Soldier  in  the  Year 
1758,  setting  fortli,  that  he  was  wounded  by  the  Enemy,  and  lost  his 
Gun,  praying  for  an  Allowance  for  his  Oun,  ivc, 

In  the  muster-roll  of  the  company  his  name  appears  a;» 
Erwin. 


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Interesting  papers,  relating  to  Captain  Lawrence's  company, 
are  now  in  the  possession  of  General  A.  Harleigh  Hill,  of 
Groton,  Vermont,  a  great-grandson  of  Captain  Wesson,  who 
succeeded  to  the  command  of  the  company  after  the  unfor- 
tunate affair  of  July  20,  1758.  General  Hill  is  the  author  of 
the  chapter  on  "  The  History  of  the  Town  of  Groton,  in  Cale- 
donia County,"  which  appears  in  Miss  A.  M.  Hemenway's 
"  Vermont  Historical  Ga-ctteer,"  and  gives  many  interesting 
facts  about  that  town.  Some  of  its  early  settlers  were  natives 
of  Groton,  Massachusetts ;  and  it  was  through  them  that  the 
name  of  their  birthplace  was  carried  into  the  Green  Moun- 
tain country.  I  wish  to  acknowledge  my  obligations  to  Gen- 
eral Hill  for  his  kindness  and  courtesy,  not  only  in  furnishing 
copies  of  these  papers,  but  in  many  other  ways.  Owing  to 
the  want  of  space,  some  of  the  sub-headings  in  the  muster-roll 
and  in  the  two  "  Returns  "  of  the  men  enlisted  arc  omitted 
in  this  printed  copy.     The  papers  are  as  follows :  — 

A  Miistcr-Roll  of  A.  Company  of  Foot  in  his  Majesty's  Service,  undef 
the  Command  of  Captain  Thomas  Lawrence  from  March  13.  1758, 
to  July  20"' — Then  Captain  Ephraim  Wesson  to  November  2,0, 
1758,  in  A  Regiment  raised  by  the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts^ 
Bay,  for  the  Reduction  of  Canada,  Whereof  Ebenezer  Nichols 
Esq.  is  Colonel  Viz, 


Men's  Names 


djality 


Of  what 
Town 


Thomas  Lawrence  Esq 

Captain      .    . 

(Iroton. 

Ephraim  Wesson    . 

First  Lieut.    , 

TcpiJerell 

Ditto  .    ,     .    .    , 

Cajitain      ,    . 

1» 

Leonard  Spaulding, 

Sec'  Lieut.    , 

Westford. 

Ditto  .     ,     ,    .    . 

First  Lieut     , 

1* 

Joseph  Farwell    .     , 

Ensign  .     .     . 

(jrotoi>, 

Ditto  ..... 

Secon''  Lieut. 

»»' 

Henry  Woods     ,    , 

Serjant  ,    .    , 

Groton. 

Ditto  ,    ,    ,    ,  *, 

Ensign  .     .     . 

n 

Ditto  ..... 

Second  Lut    . 

Names  of  Fathers,  &  Mas- 
ters of  Sons  under  Age, 
&  Servants. 


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Of  what 

Names  of  Fathers,  &  Mas- 

Men's Names 

Qiility 

ters  of  .Sons  under  Age, 

[ 

'I'own 

&  Servants. 

Nathaniel  Lakiii ,    .    . 

Serjant  .     ,     . 

I'epperell 

Oliver  Wrigiit      .    .    . 

1  )o.     . 

Westford 

( )iivcr  I,;il<in  ,,    .    .    ^ 

Do.    . 

(Iroton. 

Oliver  Parker.    •    «    » 

Corp!     , 

Croton. 

Ditto  ,...., 

Serjant  » 

■i» 

Ditto  ...... 

Ensign  . 

)) 

Nehemiah  (loold     .    < 

Corp!.    , 

No.  I. 

.Simon  (Jilson.    ,'    ,    . 

Corp!.    . 

Pepperell 

Ki)hraim  Severance     , 

Corp!.    . 

('■roton 

Moses  Sawtell     .    .    . 

Cent.     . 

Croton 

Ditto  ..,.., 

Corjioral 

t»               ' 

Ditto 

Serjant  , 

1 

Oliver  Shattuck  .     .     . 

Cn'.  ,    . 

Pepperell 

Ditto  .,..,, 

Serjant  , 

if 

', 

Elea  er  Spaulding   ,     , 

Cent.     . 

Pcpperill 

Ditto 

Serjant  . 

»» 

Joseph  llartwell      .    , 

Cent.      . 

Westford 

Ditto 

Corp!.    . 

n 

Simeon  Foster    .    .    , 

Ccn!.      . 

Groton 

Ditto  ...... 

Corp!.   . 

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• 

David  Shattuck  .    .    . 

Drumer     , 

Ci  roton 

Eleazer  Ames      ,    ,     . 

Cen.'.      . 

(Jroton    .     , 

(  William     Lawrence 

.'Vrchelus  Adams      .    . 

Do.    , 

Groton 

1      his  Guardian. 

John  IJoyden  .    .    ,    , 

Do..    .    , 

,  Groton. 

Rohan  ISlood      .    .    . 

Do.    . 

•  Pepperell 

i  Ephraim     Chandler 

Aaron  Blood  .... 

Do.    .    . 

Westford    , 

\      his  Guardian.           ; 

Josiah  Butterfiekt    ,    . 

Do.    .    . 

Westford    , 

Josiah  Butterfield. 

Moses  lilood  ,     ,     ,     , 

Do.    ,    . 

Pepperell. 

John  Chamberlain  ,    . 

Do.    .    . 

Pepperell. 

Joel  Crosby    ,     ,     ,     , 

Do.    .    . 

Westford     , 

(  Son  in  law  to  And>^ 
'      Spaulding. 

Daniel  Douglas*      ,    . 

Do.    .    . 

Groton   ,     . 

\  Servant      to      Isael 
)      Hoh.art. 

John  Erwin    .... 

Cent.. 

1  Groton    .     . 

John  Erwin 

James  Fisk     .... 

Do.    .    . 

1  Groton    ,     . 

James  Fisk 

Oliver  Farnsworth  ,    . 

Do.    . 

Groton 

Stc])hen  P'ostcr    ,    ,    , 

Do.    :    , 

1  Groton 

William  Farnsworth    . 

Do.    .    , 

Pepperell 

• 

Eleazer  Fisk   .... 

Do.    .    , 

Pepperell 

Benjamin  Farmer    .    , 

Do.    .    . 

Westford 

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ms  under  Age, 


i   Names  df  Fathers,  .t  NFas- 

Men's  Names 

(jality 

Of  what 
Town 

!       ters  of  .Sons  under  Age, 
j       &  Servants. 

Daniel  Gilson      .    .    , 

Cent.     »    ,    . 

CIroton. 

1 

John  Gragg    ,    .    .    ,. 

Do.    .    .    . 

Groton.  .     . 

Jacob  Gragg 

Moses  Ooold  ..    ,    ,    , 

Do.    .     ,     . 

Lunenburg 

Kphraim  Mall      .     .    ,. 

Do.    .    .    . 

Pepperell 

Joseph  Kemp      .     ,     , 

Do.     .    .     , 

Groton    .     . 

Sam"  Kemp  Jun": 

Silas  Kemj).     ,     ,     , 

Do.    .    .    , 

Gro-on    .     . 

I[c/ekiah  Kemp 

Stephen  Kemp    ,    .    , 

Do.    .    .    . 

Pe])perell    . 

;  5  Servant  to  Edmund 

Simon  Lakin  .... 

Do.    .    .    . 

Pepperell 

j  \      Bancroft. 

Simeon  Nutting  ,     ,    , 

Do.    .    .    . 

Pepperell 

Isaac  Nutting      ,     .    . 

Do.    ,    .    , 

Groton    .    . 

Isaac  Nutting 

Benjamin  Nutting   .    . 

Do.     .  ♦,    . 

Westford    . 

Joseph  Nutting 

John  Nutting  .... 

Do.    .    .    . 

Groton    ,    , 

John  Nutting 

Eleazer  I'arkcr    .    ,    . 

Do,    .    .     . 

Groton  ,    „ 

j  Under  )"-■  Care  of  the 
(      Select  Men 

Joseph  I'age    .     ,     .    , 

Do.    .    .    . 

Groton   .     . 

Joseph  Page 

William  I'aikef  ,     ,     , 

Do.    .    .    . 

Groton   ,    , 

William  Parker 

Obcdiah  Terry     ,    .     . 

Do.     .    .    . 

Groton. 

Stephen  I'eircc    .     ,     , 

Do.    .    .    , 

Groton    .     , 

Stephen  I'eircc 

Jonathan  I'helps .     .    , 

Do.    .    .    . 

Groton. 

Nathaniel  Parker    .    , 

Do.    .    .    . 

Pepperell    . 

Nathan  1   Parker 

Leonard  Parker  .     ,    , 

Do.     ,    ,    . 

Groton    ,    . 

Leonard  Parker 

Benjamin  Richardson  . 

Do     .    .    . 

Westford 

David  Shattuck  jr   .     . 

Do.     ,     ,     , 

Pepperell 

Abel  Sawtell  .... 

Do,     .     ,    . 

Groton   ,     , 

Davi''  Sawtell 

Jonathan  Sheple ,     ,     . 

Do.    .    .    . 

Groton    .    , 

\  James  Prescott  Esq 
'      his  guardian 

• 

Lemuel  Sheple   ... 

Do,    .     .     . 

Groton    ,     , 

(  James  Prescott  Esq 
'      his  Guardian 

Joseph  Sawtell    ,    ,    . 

Do,     ,     ,     , 

Groton   ,    . 

j  Samuel  TarbelJ  his 
*      Guardian 

Thomas  Shattuck    ,     . 

Do.     .     .    , 

Pepperell. 

Thomas  Scott      .     ,     . 

Do.     .    .    , 

Pepi)erell    , 

John  Scott 

Benjamin  Shattuck .     . 

Do.     .    .    , 

Pei)perell 

Josiah  Sheple      ,     ,    , 

Do.     ,     .     ,! 

Groton. 

Nathan  Wesson  .     .     . 

Do.     .    .    . 

Wilmington 

(  Son  to  Stephen  Wes- 
(     son 

Zachariah  Willis      .     . 

Do.     .    .    . 

Westford    ,  ! 

1  Servent     to     Philip 
1      Robins 

Benjamin  Woods     .     . 

Do.     .    .    , 

Groton    .     . 

Son  to  John  Woods 

Simon  Wheeler  .     .    . 

Do.     .    .    J 

Westford 

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A  Return  of  tiien  Inlisted  for  his  majcstys  Service  in  the  intended 
Expedition  against  Canada  1758 


Names  of  the  fathers 

Mens  Names 

Where 
born 

in  wliat  Company 

In  what  Kigement 

1 

>5 

(if  Sons  under  age 
and  masters  of  Ser- 
vants 

Archalus  Adams 

Newbury 

Colo  Charles  Prescott 

Coh  Elisha  Jones 

Jdlin  Nutting 
Simon  Gilson 

Grotoii 
(Iroton 

Capt.  Jerli  Shattuck 
Capt  Jerli  Shattuck 

Col  Oliver  Wilder 
Col.  Oliver  Wilder 

1 
!20 

1 
27 

Son  to  John  Nut- 
ting Jun 

Eleazer  Fisk 

Groton 

Capt  Jer''  Shattuck 

Col.  Oliver  Wilder 

2ft 

Leonard  Parker 

Groton 

Capi.  John  Bulkley 

Col"   Wilder 

'  1  f>   Son  to  Leonard  Par-  | 

i     ker                            1 

The  above  Written  is  a  True  acct  of  all  the  men  by  me  Inlisted  for 
his  Majestys  Service  in  the  Expedition  now  Carrying  on  against 
Canada  in  a  Company  to  be  comanded  by  Capt  Thomas  Lawrance  in 
Col"  Ebenezer  Nichols's  Ridgiment 

Joseph  Farwell 

Groton  Apriel  y""  15"'  1758 


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A  List  of  the  Men  that  I  Have  Listed  for  Canada  6fe     ;©omini 
1758 

Simon  Larkin  [Lakin] 

Silas  Kemp 

Isaac  Nutting  JaiV 

Jonath.  Phel]«  in  the  Rume  of  Simon  Ames  of  Grotort 

Nath'  Parker  Jun'  \ 

Robert  Blood 

William  Farnsworth 

Oliver  Shattuck  in  the  Rume  Soloman  Sliattuck  of  Pepperrell 

John  Chamberlin  in  the  Rume  of  Peter  Thursten  of  Pepperrell 

Nathan  Wesson 

Thomas  Shattuck 

Tho'*  Scot;, 

Stephen  Kemp 

Eleazer  Spoulding  in  the  Rume  of  Joel  Parkhurst  of  Dunstable 

Stephen  Foster 

fl  Ephralm  Wesson  Lev' 


the  intended 


nes  iif  the  fathers 

Sons  under  age 

ul  masters  of  Ser- 

nits 


1  to  Leonard  Par- 
;r 

e  Inlisted  for 
;  on  against 
Lawrance  in 


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ORdTON  April  15"'  175S 
This  may  Certifie  whome  it  may  concemc  that  the  above  named 
Soldiers  were  this  day  mustered  &  passed  Ik-fore  me 

William  Lawrance  }  ^^I"'^^'" 
j  Master 

A  Return   of  the   Men    Enlisted  for   his    Majesty s   service  in   the 

intended  expidition  against  Canada,   1758 


Names 


Where  born 


Simon  L.arkin  .  . 
Silas  Kemp,  .  .  , 
Isaac  Nutting  jr  . 
Jonathan  Phelps,  . 
Nathan  Wesson,  . 
Thomas  Shattuck  . 
Nathaniel  I'arker,  . 
Ebenezer  Spaulding 
Stcjihen  Foster, 
Robert  IjIodcI  .  . 
\V"'  Farnsworth  . 
Oliver  Shattuck  . 
Thomas  Scott,  .  . 
Stephen  Kemp, .  . 
John  Chamberlain . 


In  what  Comjiany. 


(Iroton,   .  . 

Groton,  .  . 

Groton,   .  . 

Andover,  . 
Wilmington 

(iroton,  .  . 

Groton,   .  . 

Groton,  .  . 
Chelmsford 

Groton,  .  . 

fJroton,   .  , 

Groton,   .  . 

Groton,   .  . 

Groton,  .  . 

Groton,   .  . 


Capt.  Jeremiah  Shattucl 
Capt.  James  Prescott, 

do.    John  Pulkley     . 

do.    John  Bulklcy     , 

do.    Thomas  Pierce, 
Cap  J.  Shattuck,     . 

,,  J.  Shattuck,     . 
Capt  Oliver  Coburn, 
Cap.  John  ISulkley . 
Capt  J.  Shattuck    . 

„     J.  Shattuck    . 

„    J.  Shattuck    . 

„     J.  Shattuck    , 

,,     J.  Shattuck    . 
Capt  J.  Shattuck    , 


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Time  of 
.Service. 


March  30. 
March  30. 
March  30. 
March  30, 
Marv.h  30. 
March  31^' 
Apri 
Ajjri 
April 
Ajjril 
Apri 
Ai)ri 
Apri 
April  5. 
April  10 


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The  above  written  contains  a  true  accoimt  of  the  men  that  I  have 
Enlisted  for  his  Majesty's  service  in  the  intended  expedi  '"•n  against 
Canada,  in  a  Company  to  be  commanded  by  Captain  Thomas 
Lawrence,  to  be  in  Colonel  Ebenezer  Nichols'  Regiment 

Ephkalm  Wesson. 
I'EPPEREL,  Aprill  y''  15"'  1758, 

N.  Hampton  June  2'  1758 
Sir  You  are  to  repair  to  Hadley  and  there  wait  for  Col"  Nichols  j 
arrival  that  you  may  gi\e  him  an  Ac!  of  the  Spare  Blankets  of  the 
Regiments  whicli  were  left  there  at  Mr  oliver  Smiths.  If  he  doth  not 
come  liy  tiie  fourtenth  Infant,  you  are  directed  to  Join  the  Regiment, 
by  the  first  Opportunity 

I  am  your  Friend  J^  Cmiixa 

To  Liu'  Eph"'  Wesson 


ill 


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FRENCH    AND    INDIAN    WAR. 


By  his  Excdcncys  Command  to  Captain  Tlio"  Laivrance. 

You  arc  hert-hy  Directed  to  (\)lect  the  men  In  your  company  with- 
out Delay  and  prepare  a  list  of  tliem  &  the  number  of  arms  your  men 
will  take  of  their  own. 

I-'rom  the  day  they  are  collected  till  they  arive  at  Worcester  where 
the  Kings  I'rovisions,  will  he  delivered  out  to  the  Regiments  you  are 
to  take  care  that  your  men  are  Victualed  as  I'ollows  —  that  is  Sixpence 
I'r  day  Sterling  iV  no  more,  you  are  to  take  care  they  dont  ICxceed 
that  anil  also  Such  a  i)art  for  each  meal  as  to  take  the  whole  of  s''  Six- 
pence for  the  day.  you  are  to  accjuaint  the  Taverners  :  accordingly 
you  are  to  deliver  s''  Taverners,  a  list  of  the  names,  <S:  the  N"  of  the 
men  \\'are  Supjjlied  at  So  much  l"^  Meal  and  this  list  with  the  certificate 
shall  be  the  Taverners  \'oucher  to  his  accompt  to  be  laid  before  the 
(Governor  cS:  ( "ouncil  for  their  Passing  upon  it  and  granting  warenty, 
for  the  payment  of  the  same. 

You  are  to  take  Particular  Care  that  no  Straglers  be  left  behind  — 
you  are  further  J  )irected  to  Use  the  utmost  of  your  Endevers  that  one 
ciuarter  of  your  men  Provide  their  own  arms  — 

EbEN'*    NlCHAI.Si 

Ah  accowit  of  tlie  arms  that  Cap'.  Laiirance  and  his  men  had  of  their 
own  that  was  lost  in  the  fight  at  the  half  7oay  brook  July  the  zo''* 
1758 


the  guns  Lost 

. 

the  kings  arms 

Capl  Laurance 

Serg'  Oliver  Lakin 

r 

Serg".  Oliver  wright 

Corpl  Nehemiah  Cloold 

I 

Simon  wheeler 

Stejihen  foster 

t 

Eleazer  Ames 

Abel  Sawtell 

I 

Joel  Crosl)y 

— 

Total 


btal 


5 


The  two  papers  here  given  refer  to  the  expedition  against 
Crown  Point :  — 

Groton  June  y'^'    25"  1755 
ReC'  of  Lieut  Ephraim  Wesson  Six  pounds  Seven  Shilings  and 
three  pence  old  tenor  as  Subsistance  to  albaney  each  of  us  are  soldiers 
to  Crown  Point. 


Ih 


FRENCH   AND    INDIAN   WAR. 


1C9 


Jonas  Woods 
Isaac  Patch 
Isaac  Patch  jiinr 
Jonathan  Foster 

his 

Simeon  X  Poster 

mark 

his 

Josei)h  X  Denow 
mark 


Japtha  Richardson 
Isaac  Wesson 
Zach-"  Wilthe  [Withee] 
Natlianiel  Nutting 
John  'Irowbridge 
Jonathan  Green 


^  List  ojthc  names  that  arc  iulisted for  the  Expcdison  to  Croivn  Point 
into  Capt  Reeds  Covipeney  by  me  Ephraim  Wesson 

Isaac  Patch 
Isaac  Patch  Jun' 
Jonathan  Green 


John  Hobart 
Jonathan  Foster 
Senieon  Foster 
Jonas  \V'oods 
Nathaniel  Shatuck 


Zacriah  Wethe  [Withee] 
Isaac  Wesson 
Nathaniel  Wesson 
Japtha  Riciiardson 
Joseph  Denoro 
John  Trobriilge 
John  Shipley 
Nathaniel  Nutting 

The  following  letter  was  written  by  Colonel  William  Law- 
rence to  the  Honorable  Spencer  Phips,  at  that  time  the 
Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  province.  Colonel  Lawrence 
was  then  in  command  of  the  soldiers  stationed  alon-  the 
frontiers  in  this  neigborhood..  The  letter  was  dated  a  few 
weeks  before  the  Battle  of  Lake  George,  a  period  of  great 
excitement  among  the  in  labitants  of  the  border  towns. 
Lieutenant  Lawrence,  who  is  mentioned,  was  a  youngei' 
brother  of  the  writer:  — 

May  it  Please  your  Honour 

I  had  Desired  Lieu!  Lawrence  to  order  a  Scout  to  Pequage  [Athol] 
before  I  Reel'  your  Honours  Letter  which  he  had  Done  &  from  thence 
to  Northfield  tho  none  was  Placed  at  Pec,uage  but  in  as  much  as  Pe. 
quage  Does  not  appear  more  Exposed  to  the  Knemy  ;f  so  much  as 
several  other  Places  between  y^'  rivers  merimack  and  Connetticut  that 
are  within  this  Province  and  I  apprehending  your  honour  might  not  be 


'I 


u 


ii' 


i  I 


* 


s  . 


170 


F-RENCII   AND    INDIAN    WAR. 


So  well  actiuainted  with  the  Curcomstaiux's  of  tliosc  Frontiers  I  Did 
not  order  y.  Lieu!  to  i'Lu  e  but  ten  men  at  l'e(iuage  for  if  fifteen  had 
l)ecn  sent  there  other  plac-es  must  have  been  left  so  naked  that  no 
Scouting  Could  have  been  Done  which  I  am  senraiile  was  y,  Courts. 
J)isigne  — but  if  what  1  have  ordered  Should  not  be  agreeable  I 
should  be  Clad  to  know  your  Honours  mind.  1  !  id  it  is  Difficult  to 
satisfie  the  People  with  so  few  men  in  so  long  a  Frontier  but  shall 
take  y-  best  ("an-  1  Can  so  far  as  1  am  concern'.'  t(j  give  orilers  for 
Every  lUing  to  be  Done  that  your  W  nour  Shall  Hiink  best  but  if  Pos- 
sible I  think  best  to  keep  out  all  y  new  plantations  in  this  Province 
but  I  am  afraid  that  thirty  men  is  not  sufficient.  So  with  (Jreat 
Regard,  I  remain  your  Honours  most  Humble  and  obedient  Servant 
to  Command. 

WitLUM  JLavvkancE 
Gkoton  July  yv  29:  17^5 

To  y!'  Hon!:!^'  Spencer  Phips  EsqT 

[Massachusetts  Archives,  LIV.  521.J 

It  was  in  the  spring  of  1755  that  the  territory  cf  Acadla, 
or  Nova  Scotia,  fell  under  British  authority;  and  the  con- 
quest was  followed  by  a  terrible  act  of  cruelty  and  violence. 
The  simple  Acadians,  unsuspicious  of  the  designs  of  the* 
English  leaders,  were  assembled  in  their  churches,  iii  obe- 
dience to  military  proclamation ;  and  thence,  without  being 
allowed  to  return  to  their  homes,  were  driven  at  the  point 
of  the  bayonet  on  board  ships,  to  be  cattered  over  all 
the  luiglish  colonies  in  America.  This  was  dour  with  so 
little  regard  to  humanity  that,  in  many  instances,  wives 
were  separated  from  husbands,  and  childrc  1  from  parents, 
never  to  see  one  another  again.  It  was  upon  an  incident 
connected  with  this  act  of  tyranny  that  Longfellow's  poem 
of  Evangeline  is  founded.  Two  of  the  Erench  families, 
ten  persons  in  all,  were  sent  to  Groton,  where  one  of  the 
mothers  died,  not  many  months  after  her  arrival,  perhaps 
from  the  rude  transplanting  A  few  years  later  an  Acadian 
family  is  mentioned  as  hving  here;  but  the  household  had 


FRENCH   AND    INDIAN    WAR. 


'71 


.  become  divided,  some  of  the  little  children  beiiij;  sent  to  tlic 
neij,dib(.rinj;  towns.  Our  pity  for  these  unfortunate  people 
will  b(  stn»nt;er  when  we  reflect  that  they  were  miserably 
poor,  —  amonf,r  a  race  w  ho  spoke  a  stran,  Ian<^uaf;c.  followed 
other  customs,  and  abominated  their  reliijion.  Under  these 
circumstances  their  homesickness  must  indeed  have  been 
bitter ;  but  we  have  reason  to  believe  that  they  were  treated 
with  tender  care  1  v  the  people  here.  W'e  lenrn  froii  the 
records  that  they  were  furnished  with  medical  attendance,  and 
articles  necessary  for  their  bodil)-  comfort 

Many  intcrestinj:^  papers  bearinij  on  this  subject  are  found 
amon<,r  the  Ardiives  at  the  State  House,  in  the  two  volumes 
marked  "  French  Neutrals,"  as  these  people  were  sometimes 
called.     The  following  documents  are  there  given:  — 

IVic  Province  of  tlie  Massachusetts  Bay      I Y 
To  the  Towi    of  (Iroton  for  Keeping  Ten  Fraiich    Persons  and 

findeing  them  nuny  Nesecareyes  for  thare  Support  wlien  many  of 

thcni  Ware  Sick  c\:c. 

Begining  the  21-.'  of  May  AD  1756. 

I"'  James  I'rescott  l':s(i'  as  ])y  liis  Acco' 

P''  Mr.  15cnj:'  Stone 

P'  Mr.  SamI'  Bowers  for  Provisions  &c 

P'  Barnibus  Mach  Charril  and  others  for  a  Lume  Wheels 

and  Tacklin  about  s'.'  Lume 
P','  to   John    Shep'      for   moveing  them  and 

visions  isrc 
P?  John  Page  for  ■-    idrc}-s  &c 
P!'  Amos  LawTenci   for  Provisions  &:c 
1*'  M"  Isaac  Woods  for  Pork  and  Sydcr  &c 
P:'  Cap:  Thcr  Tarbell  for  Milk  and  Meat  &c 
?'.'  Jacob  Grai^  for  Syder  milk  .^;  Wood  Carting  X:-- 
p.'  Abraham  Wheeler  f(jr  Provisions  &c 
P'  James  Stone  tor  Meal 


Tojan!  y6'"  1757 

0  16 

1  17 


o 

4 
7 


I    i: 


Pro- 


o 
o 
o 
I 

o 


P;'  Nathl'  Parku  for  Wood  &  House  Rent 
{^Amount  carried  forward 


o 
o 
o 


4 
I 

2 

I  J 

7 
o 

5 
I 

10 


8 
2 
o 
o 
•8 
o 
2 
8 
o 


o 
o 
o 


o     o 


o 

2 

o 
o 
o 

3 
o 
o 
o 


If 


1. 


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FKliNCH    AND    INDIAN    WAR. 


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1 

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111 


[^Amoiint  brought for^vard 
I'.'  Doct'  Oliver  I'resrott  for  Doctoring  tlicm 
I':'  Josi;ih  Sartfll  for  Siigi-r  Rtnn  cV  Molasses  i"^-  Peas 
J".'   Lef!    William  Nutting  for   House   Rent  and  other 

things  that  He  provided  for  tiieni 
P'  the  Wid"  Elizabeth  Shcplc  for  what  she  Did  for  tiie 

franch  and  Provisions  to 


2     5 
o 


4 
6 


7     7 


•] 
o 

o 


8 


o     o 


short  of  I"-  p  week 


^'5  I"     9 
Jamks  Prrscoit 

Amos  Lawrknck  Selm 

llKNjt  SroNK  for 

'i'Ho  'I'AKiiKi.i  (iroton 

JOSIAH    SaRTKI.I. 


[Massachusetts  Archives,  XX HI.  306.I 

The  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay     D' 
To  The  Town  of  (Jroton  from  Janr  ye  20'"  1757  to  This  Day  for 
Supporting  the  two  franch  famileys  in  s''  'Ibwn  &c      being  ten  in 
Number 

P'  Henjl'  Lawrence  for  Wood 

P.'  Isreal  I  lobart  for  Wood  \:  Milk  cVr 

P.'  s'.'  HoI)art  for  more  Wood  meat  iV  Halt 

P''  Doc';  Oliver  Prescott  for  them 

P:'  Doc'.'  Oliver  Prescott  for  meats 

P.'  Isreal  Hobart  for  malts  iS:  Wood  &  milk 

P;'  si'  Hobart  for  House  Rent  &  Milk 

F'  Josiah  Sartell  for  Riun  molasses  &-  Sugar  when  sick  at 

Sundrey  Times  and  Wood 
P;'  John  Ames  for  removeing  the  franch 
also  one  ax  Provided  for  them 

Totall  ^7  13     9     o 

By  Order  of  the  Select  men  of  sd  Town  Groton  Sep',  ye  2',  1 75  7 

JOSFAH    SaRTKLL 

Since  the  aboue  was  Paid  for  the  franch  &c  we  have  Paid  out  in 
October  Last  for  thare  further  Support  in  Life  and  for  Buring  one  of 


;6o 

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6 

I 

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8 

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8 

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of 

FRKNCII    AND    INDIAN   WAR, 


173 


tlu'  mens  wife  and  findeing  funarici  things  &c     the  whole  Siun  To  Israel 
IIol,art  which  is  ^^    „^     ^     ^ 

I"'  Abel  Lawrence  for  Diging  the  Grave  &  0280 

P'  Docter  Oliver  Prescotl  for  Vesn.  (.\:  Medicins  o     811     o 


!*' This  Hy  Order  of  the  Selectmen  of  s'  Town  Nov' 


2   II 


ye  22'.'  1757 

a  little  above  6"  p  week 


7  13    9    f> 


total  'o     5     13 

]*  JOSIAH   SAKrtLL 


[Massachusetts  Archives,  XX IF  I  4()i.| 

On  the  back  of  the  paper  is  written :  — 
Warn!  Advis'  Dec'  6.  1757 

In  the  report  of  a  Committee,  dated  April  18,  1761,  ap- 
pointed by  the  (ieneral  Court  to  distribute  French  Neutrals 
amon^-  the  towns  of  Middlesex  County,  it  is  stated  that  they 
have  assigned  to  — 

Oroton       Rain  Boi)l)in 

Marg'  his  wife 

John  his  son 

Matturen  D" 

Joseph  I)" 

Eliz 
Pep])cril     Marg'  Marshal 

Mary  Bol)bin  daug'  of  Rain  Bobbin 
Townsend  Paul  Oliver  Bobbin 

Peter  Bobbin  son  to  Rain  Bobbin  of  Oroton 
[Massachusetts  Archives,  XXIV.  46.S.] 


[aged]     37 
39 

II 

8 

5  weeks 

18 

3 

7 
5 


The  surname,  perhaps,  is  spelled  wrong,  as  people  in  those 
days  were  not  used  to  writing  foreign  words ;  very  likely  it 
should  have  been  Beaubien.  The  colonial  authorities  showed 
but  little  humanity  when  they  took  away  these  small  children 
from  their  mother  and  put  them  in  different  towns.     Other 


41 


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I  I 


a 


U4 


\m 


FRENCH   AxND    INDIAN    WAR. 


nj.il.s  .^  sent  at  the  sa.e  tin.  ^ 

Many  Groton  men  were  in  the  expedition  sent  against  Nova 
Scotia  wh,ch  brought  away  these  poor  French  families.    The 
Journal  of  Colonel  John  Winslovv,  the  commander  of  the  ex- 
pedition, m  three  folio  volumes,  containing  copies  of  the  van- 
ous  rnuster-rolls  of  his  command,  is  preserved  in  the  library  of 
he  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.     The  force  was  made 
"P  of  two  battalions,  and  each  battalion  had  a  lieutenant- 
cdonel  and  two  majors.     It  appears  that  each  of  the  field- 
officers   commanded   a  company,  or   had  one   called   hy  his 
name;    and    there   was   one    known   as    Governor   Shirley's 
Company.      The  muster-rolls  have  a  common  heading,  datL 
Bason    of  Annapolis   Royal   Nova  Scotia  May  28-17:." 
From  the  Journal  I  gather  the  following  names  of  soldiers 
c|ther  natives  or  residents  of  this  town,  who  took  part  in  the 
3.nciir ',  — ^  \ 

Lieutenant  Colonel  John  Winslow's  company. 


Men's  Names 
Abiel  Parker 
Gideon  Parker 
Samson  Blood 
John  Lakers  [Lakin  ? 
Gabriel  Lakers      „ 
Naih"  Ballard 
John  Gilson 


Station 
Sergeant 
Private 


•I 
•f 


Age    Place  of  Rirth     Last  residence    Occupation 
28        Groton  Groton         Labourer 

32 
21 

24 
18 

32 

28 


Framingham 
Groton 


s. 

<• 
n 
n 

It 


It 


n 
II 


Isaac  Holden 
Joseph  Fairwell 
Thomas  Woods 
Sam.'  Salt  well 
Johnathan  Goold 

Josiah  Williams 

Asa  Holden 

John  Sherrin 

W"."  Holden 

Jonas  Green 

Fphr'."  Parker 


Captain  Hr.MnikEY  Hobks's  company. 


Sergeant 

»» 
Private 


•I 
II 
II 
II 
II 
n 
II 


31 
29 

27 

25 

23 
29 

23 
27 
24 
23 


Groton 

»» 


Groton 
II 


Labourer 


Luninburg 
Groton 

Boxford 
Bloody  point 
Groton 


Shirley 
Groton 


Taner 

Cooper 

Labourer 


fi 


FRENCH   AND    INDIAN   WAR. 


Ic,  Wcstford, 

igainst  Nova 
milies.  The 
I"  of  the  ex- 

of  the  vari- 
he  library  of 
-  was  mack 

heutenant- 
)f  the  ficld- 
lled  hy  his 
•r  Shirley's 
■ding,  dated 
28'"  1755." 
of  soldiers, 
part  in  the 


r. 

Occupation 
Labourer 


175 


Labourer 


Paner 

"ooper 

^abourer 


Captain  IIumi-hrey  IIuhhs's  comvasy  —  Conc/mA'i/, 


Men's  Names 
Sam!   Bason 
Silas  Parker 
Amasii  Cilson 
Solomon  Gilson 
Jacob  Niitten 
Jon?  Holden 
P^lijah  Robins 
Benj?  Robins 
Nathan  Whipple 


Phineas  Kemp 
Phineas  Parker 
Sam"  Green 


Station 

Age 

Private 

20 

»» 

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20 

It 

18 

*» 

28 

t) 

18 

11 

23 

Place  of  Birth   Last  residence 
'I'ownscnd      Groton 
(iroton 


Occupation 
Cordwr 
Labourer 


Westford 

»» 
Groton 


Captain  Thomas  Osgood's  company. 
Private       24        Groton 


21 

22 


Hellerica 
Littleton 
Metfcrd 


Cordwinder 

Liibouror 

Sadler 


Husbandman 
Cordwainer 


Lieutenant  Colonel  George  Scott's  company. 
Will"-  Saunderson  Drum'         19        Groton  Groton  Farmer 

~3  »  riarvvidck     Carpenter 

t>  .,  Farmer 

„  Groton  „ 


Aaron  Davis 
John  Burt 
Josiah  Boyden 


Private 


20 


Benj»  Gilson 
Charles  Kiev 


Captain  Phineas  Stephens's  company. 
Private       20        Groton 


Hins  lale 
Keen 


Will'-i  Bart 
Jonathan  Cressey 
Jonah  Chamberlain 
Nehen\iah  Gould 
Nehemiah  How 
Samuel  Martin 
Joseph  Paterson 
David  Saunders 
Lemuel  Turner 
Nath'  Turner 
Zachariaii  Tarball 


Isaac  Green 
Ezekiel  Browit 
Moses  Woods 


Captain  Aiujaii  Willard's  company. 
Private       28        tJroton  Harvard 


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25 
25 
21 
21 

18 

25 
19 

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18 


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Groton 


Lunenburgh 
tiroton 


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II 
II 

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Lancaster 
II 


Husbandman 
11 

Labourer 
II 

II  . 
II 

it 

Cooper 
Labourer 


Lunenburgh       „ 
Captain  Kphuaim  Jones's  co'mpany, 

JSerjant       39        tjroton  Groton  Yeomaij 

..  34        Concord  „ 

Corpora!    45        Groton  Pepperrell 


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Captain 

Men's  Names 
Will"'  Spaulding 

Abialiam  Boyenton 

Oliver  Elliote 

bam"  Fisk 

Nathan  Fisk 

Jonas  Flfichef    • 

Jabez  Kempt 

John  Kemp 

Oliver  Kemp 

Ilczekiah  Kemp 

Simon  Lakin. 

Simon  Lakin  Jun® 
George  l.cssley 
John  Nutting 

Willm  Shed 
Job  Shattuck 
Nathi   Savtell 
Eleaz":  Spaulding 
Jou'.'  Stevens 
Isaac  Williams 
David  Wright 
Jon»  Woods 
Fleaz":  Wipple 
Josiah  W^righJ 


Ki'HRAiM  Jones's  company 

Station       Age    Place  of  birth 

23        Groton 
42  , 


Corporal 
Private 


—  Concluded. 

Last  residence     Occupation 


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34 

24 

25 

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42 

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19 

17 

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21 

19 

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I'epperrell 


Weston 
Groton 


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Bostcn 
Groton 


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II 
11 
11 
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Groton 
Pepperrel 
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Groton 
Pepjierrel 

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Hollis 
Groton 
Pepperrel 
Groton 

I'epperrell 
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Veoman 
Husbandman 
Veoman 
Cooper 

)j 
Labourer 

Husbandman 
Labourer 

Yeoman 
Labourer 


Husbandman 

V'eomati 

Labourer 

Veoman 

Cordwainer 

Veoman    . 

Laboureif 


Captain  Samuel  Gilbert's  company, 
Isaac  Robins  Private       40        Groton  Stow 


Joynct 


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During  the  latter  part  of  this  war  some  of  the  soldiers  — 
I  think  it  was  one  half— were  supphed  with  bayonets,  and 
known  as  "  bayonet-men,"  At  the  State  House  are  found 
the  hsts  of  such  as  belonged  to  the  two  Groton  companies. 
They  are  now  of  considerable  interest,  as  showing  some  of 
the  men  who  did  military  duty  in  that  eventful  period.  The 
Hsts  are  dated  December  19,  1758.  These  names  are  largely 
represented  in  the  families  living  in  the  town  at  the  present 
day. 

The  following  Is  the  list  of  the  bayonet-men  who  belonged 
to  Captain  John  Bulkley's  company :  — 


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ce     Occupation 
11     Yeoman 

Husbandman 
II     Yeoman 

Cooper 


Labourer 

Husbandman 
Labourer 

Yeoman 
J  .abourcr 

«> 

» 

« 

ft 
Husbandman 
Veoman 
Labourer 
Veoman 
Cordwainer 
Veoman 
Labourer 


Joyner 

soldiers  — 
yonets,  and 
,'  are  found 
companies. 
ng  some  of 
.>riod.  The 
are  largel/ 
the  present 


o  belonged 


Stephen  Peirce,  Sergeant, 

Ephraim  Severance,  Corporal, 

Peter  Parker,  Corporal, 

Lemuel  Parker, 

David  Shattuck, 

Jonathan  Peirce, 

Shattuck  ]]lood, 
Jacob  Nutting, 
Jacob  (rragg,  Jr., 
Jeremiah  Shattuck, 
Epiiraim  Nutting,  Jr., 
Benjamin  Green, 
Oliver  Lakin, 
Josiah  Sheple, 


Simeon  Foster, 
Calel)  Blood, 
Jonathan  Pratt, 
Peter  Gilson, 
John  Ervvin, 
Nathaniel  Woods,  Jr., 
Nehemiah  Turner, 
Seth  Phillips, 
Nehemiah  Trowbridge, 
John  Woods,  Jr., 
Jonathan  Gilson, 
Jonathan  Phelps, 
Nathaniel  Lawrence,  3d,' 


On  the   back    of  the  paper  arc   given  the  names  also  of 
Sergeant  Reuben  Woods  and  Jonathan  Shepic,  Jr. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  the  bayonet-men  in  Captain 
James  Prescott's  company  :  — 


Joseph  Page,  Sergeant, 
Timothy  Moors,  Corporal, 
John  Stone. 
Isaac  Farnsworth. 
Isaiah  Holden, 
Ebenezer  Farnsworth, 
Ebenezer  Farnsworth,  Jr,, 
Joseph  Med(  alf, 
John  Archable, 
Nathan  Whiple, 
David  Tarble, 
David  Sawtell,  Jr., 
Abijah  Warren, 
Silas  Parker  Harron, 


Josepli  Page,  Jr,, 
David  Brown, 
Jonathan  Stone, 
OI)a(liah  Sawtell, 
Ebenezer  Kemp, 
lOhenezer  Hartwell, 
Nathaniel  Stone, 
Jonas  Stone, 
Joshua  Molden, 
Jonathan  Addems, 
David  Sawtell, 
William  Parker,  Jr., 
Elisha  Rockwood.  Jr. 
01i\er  Farwcll. 


The  names  also  of  Sergeant  Elisha  I'lockwood,  Corporal 
Abel  Lawrence,  and  Ephraim  Sawtell,  Jr.,  appear  in  another 
place  on  the  same  paper, 


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Joseph  Longley,  of  Groton,  —  a  son  of  John,  who  was 
taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians  in  July,  1694,  —  was  mortally 
wounded  at  the  siege  of  Fort  William  Henry,  in  August, 
1758.  His  son,  Joseph,  Jr.,  also  served,  as  a  very  young 
man,  during  one  year  of  the  French  and  Indian  War,  and 
subsequently  with  great  credit  during  five  years  of  the  Revo- 
lution. The  son  died  at  Hawley,  Massachusetts,  July  8,  1836^ 
at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-two  years. 

According  to  the  inscription  on  the  monument  to  the 
memory  of  Captain  Abram  Child,  in  the  old  burying-ground, 
he  entered  the  army  at  the  age  ot  seventeen  years,  and  served 
under  General  Amherst  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Ticonderoga 
and  Crown  Point  during  the  summer  of  1759. 


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MISCELLANEOUS    MATTERS. 


fW.,| 


The  following  papers  are  fr^und  among  the  files  of  the 
Middlesex  County  Court,  at  East  Cambridge,  in  the  bundle 
marked  "  1659  April  5."  They  appear  to  be  in  the  nature 
of  promissory  notes,  and  are  in  the  handwriting  of  John 
Tinker,  who  a  few  months  later  had  from  the  government  a 
monopoly  to  trade  with  the  Indians  at  Groton  and  Lancas- 
ter. My  attention  was  called  to  them  by  Henry  Stcdman 
Nourse,  Esq.,  of  Lancaster,  to  whom  I  am  indebted  for  the 
copies.  Pctobawok  and  Petapowok  arc  different  forms  of 
Petaupaukett— the  Indian  name  of  Groton.  Cattaconamak 
and  Catacomumok  are  other  forms  of  Catacoonamug,  and 
apply  to  the  tract  of  land  in  the  neighborhood  of  Shirley. 
There  is  a  Catacoonamug  Brook  in  that  town.  Boundary 
lines  between  places  were  never  distinctly  marked  by  the  In- 
dians, but  left  indefinite.  The  expression  "  in  foure  moones  " 
evidently  means  four  months ;  but  I  am  in  doubt  in  regard 
to  that  of  "  2  hunting  times  :  "  — 

These  ^Vsents  testefieth  That  wee  James  Indian  otherwise  called 
Quagniaheman  of  Cattaconamak  :  Nomahnacomak  of  Petobawok  and 


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Mahmachecomak  of  Cataconamak  do  ac.knovvlcdg  ourselves  to  owe 
and  to  be  indebted  unto  John  Tinker  the  sume  of  twenty  five  pounds 
and  ten  sliillings  at  the  Rates  of  six  a  peny  wompom.  to  be  give  to 
him  the  said  Joiin  Tinker  his  kindred  frends  or  whonie  evr  he  siiall 
Appoynt,  the  one  lialfe  therof  in  foure  nioones  in  good  beaver  at  prises 
as  all  marchants  give,  and  the  other  iialfe  in  nine  nioneths  in  like  good 
beaver  at  like  prices  at  his  house  at  l'eta]iowak,  and  for  the  good  jjer* 
farmanc  thereof  we  binde  ourselves  and  either  of  us.  our  kindred 
fronds  and  all  we  have,  In  Wittness  whereof  we  the  said  James, 
Nomanacomak  and  Mahmacheckomok  have  hereunto  sett  our  markes; 
dated  feb'  13"'  1656—  Signed  by  James  and  Nomanacomak  in  tht*. 
.p'sents  of 

Richard  Smith  the  mark  <?;t?  of 

John     ;.-'  r   Whitcum    •  James  Indian 

his  mark 

Signed  by  MA.\tACHKCOMAK  In  the  the  mark  X  of 

j/sents  of  RoBi;ur  Blooii      .      .  Nomanacomak 

the  mark    ;.■'  ]V  of  the  mark  X  of 

John  Whitcom,  Mamachecomaic 

This  within  saiil  Engagement  is  agalne  owned  and  Consented  to  and 
Confirmed,  and  delivered  as  tlieire  act  and  deed  at  the  house  of  Jn* 
Tinker  in  Lancaster  the  j8"";  12'"";  1657  and  do  agree  all  shall  be 
paid  in  2  hunting  times  after  this  date,  at  least  — 

ddy  ^delivery  >2  >"  the  ,])sents  of  ns 
• ,    .  Jacob  fearer 

John    i^    Whitcomb  Jiin 
liis  marke 

These  p'sents  testefi-^th  That  wee  Wamscahacetts  and  mamaclieco 
jnak  of  Cattacomumok  and  Nomanacomak  of  PetapowDk  do  herby 
acknoledg  to  be  indebted  to  John  Tinker  of  Peta|u>wok  the  sume  of 
Twenty  one  pounds  thirteen  shillings  which  is  fourskorc  &:  six  faduiii 
and  three  shillings  at  6  wom])oms  a  '  vny  ami  fi\e  shillingx  a  fadduni 
to  be  paid  to  the  said  John  'I'inker,  or  his  Kindred  or  frenils  which  h. 
shall  apoynt,  one  halfe  thv-reof  in  tburc  niounethes  and  the  othei  halfa 
in  ten  moneths  and  to  the  'rue  performance,  t  to  be  well  paid  wcw 
Wamscahacet  —  Mamachecomak  &  Nomanaconiok  do  binde  ourselves 


The  Company  of  Massac!nis<-ttJi  Bay  received  from  $li« 
Council  for  New  England  tlicir  grant  of  land,  or  the  patent 
hy  which  they  held  then'  territory  j  and  they  received  from 
the  King  their  charter,,  securing  to  thcni  the  right  to  maktj 
theif  vwji  laws  and  choose  their  owit  officers.    Property  in 


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and  either  of  us  our  kindred  and  trends  and  all  that  we  have,  to  make 
it  good,  wiltness  our  markes  dated  ;  fel/  14"'  1656 

Signed  by  the  mark  X   of  Ma.machecomaic 

Mamachkcomak  and  the  mark  X   uf  Nomanacomak 

NoMANACo.MAK  in  the  ,|)  seats  of     the  mark  *\>j  of  WAAisCiVHACET 

RoiiKRT    lil.OOl) 

the  J  ]V  mark  of  .  * 

.   John  WhucoM 

This  within  said  iMigagement  is  againe  consented  to,  acknoledged 
and  Confirmed  by  the  within  said  W'omscahacett,  Nomanacomack 
and  Mamachecamak  by  owning  it  ami  delivering  of  it  as  their  aet  and 
deed,  only  they  agree  amongst  themselves  that  Nomanaeomek  shall 
pay  one  of  tlie  skins,  mahanuet  one,,  iS:  James  two,  and  VVomscahaect 
sixteen 

ddy  At  the  house  of  Jno.  Tinker  irt  Laneaster  iB  s  I2mas  J 65  7 
In  the  presents  of  usj  ■  • 
Jacob  FrAREK 

John    ;j*    Whu'comh  Jun.* 
his  mark 

The  following  entry  m  the  Records  (L  174)  of  tlie  Middle- 
sex County  Court,  April  5,  1659,  appears  Xq  be  Connected 
with  this  transaction!-— 

Nanamakainuckc,  niama'kekunimu'k  Indians,  appearing  w"'  an  In- 
dian Intiri-retcr  before  the  Court,  do  acknowledge  a  Jutigmen*  of  forty 
&  two  pounds,  seaventeen  shill  i  &:  six  pence  to  be  pd,  in  peage,  at  sis 
a  pens,  to  \h  jnow  Tinketj  for  the  paymtof  sVrall  bills  cancelled^,  ^Sj 
left  on  file  m  Court. 


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the  soil  was  given  to  the  Company  by  the  patent  ;   yet  the 
rights  of  the   Indians  as  previous  occupants  were  recognized 
by  the  local  government,  and  often  regarded  by  the  English 
proprietors  in  the  acquisition  of  land.     It  was  certainly  to  the 
credit    of  the   early  settlers    that    they   acknowledged    these 
rights    and   were   willing   to    extinguish    them    by   purchase. 
This  action  on  their  part  did  not  make  the  title  to  the  land 
any  clearer  in  a  court  of  law,  but  it  established  a  principle. 
During  some  years  before  the  charter  was  annulled,  its  im- 
pending fate  was  feared,  and  the  colonists  thought  that  their 
landed  possessions  might  be  forfeited  to  the  Crown.     In  this 
state   of  affairs   they  undertook   to   strengthen   their   claims 
by  purchase  from  the  Indians,   and  many  instances  are  re- 
corded   of  sales   to   them.     It  was   thought,    moreover,   that 
buying  the   land  of  the  original  owners   would  give  a  tide 
paramount  even  to  that  of  the  King.      Various  entries  are 
found   in  the  town-records  of  Groton,  which  show  that  the 
early   proprietors   took  similar  action    in    regard    to    their 
territory, 

I  herewith  give  several  extracts  from  the  records,  bearing 
on  this  point,  without  any  attempt  to  correct  the  spelling  or 
modernize  the  language.  The  crude  and  illiterate  phrases 
impart  a  coloring  to  that  period,  and  deepen  the  light  and 
shade  of  those  times,  which  a  finished  picture  would  not 
represent.  Moreover,  they  are  a  fair  expression  of  the 
daily  life  of  the  common  people,  which  was  rough,  honest, 
and  true. 


(1   10  m   t6cS3     John   P.ige 


At  a  ginarall  Town  meting  upon 
John  Parish    Insin  Lorinc 

as  you  are  Chosin  a  comity  for  and  in  the  behalf  of  the  Towne 
vou  are  desiered  for  too  proue  the  Rit  and  titill  we  haue  too  our 
Tooun  ship  by  all  the  legall  testimony  which  can  be  procuerid  when 
the  Toown  is  sent  too  by  aney  a  Tority  and  if  aney  ingins  can  proue 
a  lagiall  titall  too  the  Remainer  of  our  Town  ship  you  haue  power 
too  by  it  at  as  east  a  lay  as  )ou  can  and  mack  it  as  sur  as  mav  he  in 

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the  behalf  of  the  Toown  and  yoi\  simll  haue  Reasinabll  satisfackion 
for  your  payns, 

Jonathan  Mors  C/ar/^ 
in  the  nam  of  the  selckt  men  31  d  10  m  1683 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  town-meeting  was  held  on  Christ- 
mas ;  and  three  weeks  later  the  Committee  made  their  report, 
giving  the  expenses  of  their  work,  as  follows :  — 

at  A  ginnrall  Town  meting  upon  the  14  d  11  m  1683  the  Toown 
comity  did  giue  in  diar  acount  of  thar  chargis  for  the  piirchis  of  our 
Town  ship  with  the  indins 

thar  Chargis  in  nioney-Eckspencis  1  —  10 

2  for  thar  tym  in  Town  pay  twelue 

shilins  apese  which  doo  amc.-.mt  too  i  —  t6  — '  o 

uotid  that  the  comity  was  too  entr  the  ded 
in  too  the  cunty  records  for  this  sum 

J4d  11  m  1683  at  a  ginnrall  Toown  meting  it  was  agred  upon 
and  noted  that  this  publick  chargis  con  sarning  the  purchis  of  our 
Toown  ship  shall  be  raysed  by  the  furst  grants  and  too  hom  thay  war 
i'urst  grantid  too 

at  the  sam  meting  it  was  agred  upon  and  by  not  declarid  that  if  any 
parsin  doo  Refus  too  pay  for  the  purchis  of  this  ingin  titell  too  our 
Toown  ship  thar  pur  porsion  thar  nams  are  too  be  entred  in  too  the 
Toown  buck 

at  a  ginnrall  ibown  meting  upon  the  14  d  ri  m  1683  4  it  was 
agred  upon  and  noted  that  this  I)ublick  chargis  con  sarning  our  purchis 
of  our  indin  titll  shall  be  Leuied  upon  our  ffurst  grants  of  lands  and 
thay  shall  pay  in  hose  hands  thay  are  found 

In  accordance  with  the  vote  passed  at  this  town-meeting, 
**  that  the  comity  was  too  entr  the  dcd  in  too  the  cunty 
records,"  the  instrument  was  duly  recorded  in  the  Middlesex 
Registry  of  Deeds  (IX,  27),  at  East  Cambridge.  It  is  as 
follows :  — 

STo  all  ^it'oplc  to  whom  these  p'sents  sliall  come  greeting  know  yee 
M'  John  Tom  Dul)lit  &  his  wife  &  their  Eldest  son  little    ,nd,ans  to 
Jame   ffox,  alias  Gasumbitt,   M'  Jacob  alias  Patatuck  all    '^""'o" 


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«eU 


all  iliat  I'Inti' 
l.itldii  called 


lialu'iuliim 


of  Wcymcssit  &  'i'homas  \\'al)an  ol    Natick  all  of  them   in<l 
Inlialiitaiits  as  aforcs'  and  wilhiii  tlir  Massacluisi'tts  Colon    iu  acw 
^-  iMigland  for  and  in  (iiiisidLTation  of  lliu  full  i\:  jii«.    sum  of 

for  i,s-  lo  twenty  and  eight  pound  ten  shilt.  to  nie  well  and  ti  '  payd 
&  security  given  to  them  according  to  law  l)y  Coiporall  Jo'ii  I'age,  J-lns 
Nathaniel  f.awrence  iV  John  I'arresh  all  of  the  'Towne  ol  (Irotton.  W' 
is  to  the  lull  salisiari'on  <.V.  <:()iitent  ol"  the  afores'  Indians  and  thereof 
and  of  every  part  thereof  do  ac(|uitt,  release  and  (lis(  harge  y  s'  John 
Page  &  Nathaniel  l,awreiice  \:  John  I'arresh  \-  tln-ir  lieyrs  \:  Admin 
istrators  Ibr  ever  by  these  p'sents.  |),Hjc  granted,  bargained  cS:  sold, 
aliened  enfeoffed  iV  confinned,  iV  by  tlu'se  p'sents  do  fully, 
frc  !y  clearly  and  absolutely  grant,  bargaine  iV'  sell,  alien, 
cnfeofe  iV  lonlirme  to  the  now  Inhabitants  of  the  'lowne  of  (Jrot- 
lou  afores'  and  to  tluir  heyrs  \-  Associates  forever  All 
A:  every  part  of  that  Tract  of  land  which  is  called  (Jrot- 
lon  jilantation  according  to  the  full  Extent  of  the  boiuuls  thereof,  on 
both  sides  of  Nashaway  River,  as  it  is  granted  to  then;  by  the 
hoiV''"  Cen"  ("(jurt  ol  the  Massachusetts  Colony,  Co 
fmtJt  anti  to  bom  the  abovs''  'I'ract  of  land  with  all  the 
Jiriviledges  iV'  ai)purtenances  to  the  same  apijcrteyning  or  in  any 
wise  bi'longing  to  them  the  s'  InhabitaiUs  of  the  Town  of  ( Irotton  & 
to  their  heyrs  i\:  Associates  forever  \-  to  their  iS;  their  only  propper 
use  and  bchoofe  And  thev  die  s'  W  John  Tom  Dublitt  «."v  his 
wife  anil  their  son  the  Eldest  of  them,  little  James  ffox  iS:  Jacob 
Pataatuck  i\:  Thomas  Waaban  for  themselvs.  their  heyrs  iS:  Adminis- 
trators do  covenant,  promise  iV  grant  to  and  with  the  afores''  Jolm 
Page,  Nathaniel  kiwrence  (It  John  I'arresh  (^as  'i'rustees  for  iS:  in  be- 
lialfe  of  the  whole  Inhabitants  of  the  afores''  Towne  of  (Irotton)  & 
with  their  he\rs  ^:  Assigns  forever,  that  they  the  s''  M'  John  Tom 
Dublitt  i\;  his  wife  vV  their  I'Mo  son  i\;  little  James  ffox,  alias 
(lasumbitt  i\;  Jacob  Patatuck  iV  Thomas  Waaban  \'  each  of  them 
are  tl-.e  true  and  pri)])per  heyrs  of  the  aboues''  Tract  of  land  as  to  all 
manner  of  Indian  Title,  that  either  is  or  may  conceived  to  be, 
Antl  that  they  have  good  right,  full  jxjwr  iV-  lawfull  Authority  the 
p'mises  to  grant,  bargaine  ^:  conlirme  to  them  the  s'  Inhabitants  of 
Grotton  (!s;  to  their  heyrs,  Associates  &  Assigns  forever.  And  that 
they  the  s''  Inhabitants  of  the  'Town  of  Crotton  their  heyrs  Assocl. 
ates  cS:  Assigns  forever  shall  and   may  at  all  times  &  from  time  to 


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tiiiu-    lorcver    hereafUT    (|iiirtl\     mil    i)ear(Ml)ly   have.   hold,   occupy, 
possess  t't   enjoy  the   s'  whole  'Inn  I      '    hm       .r   pi       iiii,,)  with  all 
the  |)rivileili;es,  prolilts  I'v  coinmoililye^  of  tin    ,anic     alioiit  llie  lavv- 
»'ul'         ,  hiiidraiice,  lOvictioii  expulsion,  siite,   molestation   or  denyall 
111  the  s'  M'  John  Tom   Diihlitl  \:  his  wife  i\:  tiieir  l-Jdest  son 
James    fCox,    Jacob    alias    I'atatiK  k    iV    'I'lujinas    Waaban    their 
heyt,^  or  Ivxecutors,  Administrators  or  Assigns  of  them  or  of  either 
cl  them  or  of  any  other  pers(jii  or  persons  whatsoever  whilher  In- 
dian or  laiglish  (laiminj;  or  havinj,'  any  right,  title  or  Interest  therein 
or  thcremilo  bv  from  or  under  them  or  either  of  them  (as  to  Indiaa 
'J'itle  of  land)  or  by  any  other  lawfull  ways  or  means  whatsoever. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  s'  M'  John  Indian  cV  Tom  l)ul)litt  .and 
liis  wife  iV  their  lOldest  s(;n  little  James  flox,  Jacob  alias  Patatuck 
V  'I'homas  \V'aal)an  have  affixed  their  hands  I'v:  seals 
hereunto  this  tenth  day  of  January,  In  liie  year  of  (j„r '""' •'"'"^  "'«' 
Lord  (lod  one  thou  .ml  six  hundred  eighty  \-  three,  fotir,  and  in  the 
thirty  and  ii-  year  of  y"  reignc  of  our  .sovereignc  Lord  King 
i'harls  the  second 
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JONATH.    DANKOinil  Beif 

Jamks  IJrown: 
Jamks  RuMni.Y  Marsh: 
Cap'   n  Tom 
his  marke 


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T(ii\f   O  DuHLiTT  his  mark  and  seale 
fiis    i\   wife  her  mark  il'  seale 
I.irrij^  3  Ja.mi.;s  his  mark  c\:  scale 
Jacou  8  Paiatuck  his  mark  (Jv:  seale 
Thomas  Wahan  i"t  seale 
Tom  S   DuBi.rns  son  (S:  seale 
mark 
Pompe.iuoout,  alias  M''  Jolin,  Thomas  Neepamimp  .alias  Duhlitt 
&  Sarah  his  wife.  Pasumbitt,  alias  little  James  fox  .^  Petatook  alias 
Jacob   Indians  of  VVeymeset  i^-   Thomas  A\ab;m  Inilian  of  Natick, 
acknowledged  the  within  written  Instrument  to  be  their  Act  &  Deed 
Jan.  u»  1683/4 

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James  Rumbly  Marsh,  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  deed, 
was  a  friendly  Indian,  of  much  service  to  the  EngHsh  during 
King  Philip's  War.  He  is  mentioned  by  Gookin  in  the 
"  History  of  the  Christian  Indians,"  where  his  middle  name  is 
written  Rumney,  which  is  the  correct  spelling.  He  was  the 
spy  who  gave  timely  information  in  regard  to  the  intended 
attack  on  Lancaster,  which,  however,  was  not  heeded.  Rum- 
ney Marsh  is  the  old  name  oi'  Chelsea;  and  James,  by  living 
in  that  town,  acquired  this  designation.  Sometimes  he  was 
called  James  Ouannapohit  or  Quanapaug. 

By  referring  to  the  proceedings  of  a  town-meeting,  held  on 
June  8,  1/02,  it  will  be  seen  that  other  persons  besides  the 
Committee,  acting  doubtless  on  their  own  responsibility,  had 
acquired  nominal  rights  from  the  Indians.  'Die  following 
votes  were  then  passed  :  — 

at  a  town  meting  legelly  warned  Jun  eighte  1702  the  town  di.l 
note  that  thay  would  giue  Peleg  larranesri  Eairs  three  acers  of 
madow  whare  thay  ust  to  Improue  and  tenn  acers  of  upland  neare 
that  madow  upon  the  Conditions  following  that  the  aboue  sd  Peleg 
larrances  heirs  do  deliuer  up  that  Indian  titelle  which  thay  now 
haue  to  the  town 

James  Blanchard  Clarke 

at  a  town  leaglly  warned  Jun  :  eight.  1702  the  town:  did  uot  that 
thay  would  giue  to  robart  robins  Sener  three  acers  of  madow  where 
he  uste  to  Improue  :  and  ten  acers  of  upland  near  his  madow  upon 
the  Conditions  forlowing  that  he  aboue  sd  Robart  Robbins  doth 
deliuer  up  that  Indian  titels  which  he  now  hath :  to  the  town 

James  Blanchard  town  Clarke 

The  general  practice  of  selling  land  to  the  English  caused 
some  hard  feeling  among  those  Indians  who  received  none 
of  the  purchase  money.  Naturally  they  felt  dissatisfied  with 
the  proceedings ;  and  only  a  few  months  after  the  sale  to  the 
town  of  Groton,  a  considerable  number  of  them  requested  the 


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iv  Clarke 


General  Court  to  have  a  committee  appointed,  who  should 
examine  the  subject  in  all  its  bearings.  The  petition  is  as 
follows :  — 

To  tke  Hcnred  Governer  Deputy  Governer  and  assistants  together 
with  the  Ho'ired  hoiis  of  deputy es  now  sitting  In  Generall  Court 
assembled  In  boston  Sepf  (10"')  {liSSJf) 

The  petition  of  Cap'  Tom  and  Wilt  Nahaughton  and  Thomas 
Dublett  (Indians)  &  Diuers  other  most  humbly  sheweth  that  whereas 
your  servants  haue  been  and  are  aproued  freinds  to  the  English  and 
sence  the  warr  [King  Philip's]  the  Honred  Generall  Court  was  pleased 
to  state  for  the  Indians  severall  jjlantations,  one  of  which  we  vnder- 
stand  to  be  at  malbery,  we  doe  vnderstand  that  no  man  is  to  bye 
Indian  land  without  lean  from  your  Honers,  we  se  dayly  that  Thomas 
VVoban  and  great  James  [som  others  interlined^  appropriate  to  them 
selues  the  Indian  land  at  malbery  and  sell  it  and  y'  without  order  and 
keep  all  the  pay  to  them  selues,  and  chaleng  the  land  of  Groaton  and 
Concord  Chelmsford  and  bilerikye,  now  we  beseech  y'  your  honers 
woold  be  pleased  to  take  so  much  nottes  of  the  bisenes  for  vs  as  to 
appoint  a  committy  to  Inqire  into  bisenes  y'  Justess  may  be  dun  for 
the  Indians  in  this  Case  for  many  Indians  are  much  disqieted  about 
it,  we  haueing  shrouded  our  selues  under  the  wing  of  your  honers  pro- 
tection, doe  Rest  hopeing  for  a  gracious  answer  and  subscribe  our 
selues  your  Redy  servants  to  our  power 

Dat  the  (i")  of  Sept'"-  lOSJt  Cap'  Tom 

Wrrr  Nahal^hton 
Tho^  DuBLErr 
[and  twenty-five  other  Indians,  who 
signed  by  making  their  marks.] 

(Massachusetts  Archives,  XXX.  287.] 

The  grant  of  land  made  in  the  spring  of  1658,  by  the 
General  Court,  to  Major  Simon  Willard,  was  in  satisfaction  of 
a  debt  due  him  from  John  Sagamore,  an  Indian  living  at 
Pawtucket,  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  present  city  of  Lowell. 
The  land  lay  in  the  south  part  of  Groton,  then  known  as 
Nonacoicus,  and  now  included  within  the  limits  of  Ayer. 
The  entry  in  the  General  Court  Records  is  as  follows :  — 


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In  Answer  to  the  petition  of  Majo''  Synion  Willard  The  Court 
JiKlgeth  it  meete  to  graunt  his  Request  viz  a  farme  of  five  hundred 
acres  on  the  south  side  of  the  Riuer  that  Runneth  from  Nashaway 
Courts  Graunt  [Lancaster]  to  Merremack  betweene  Lancaster  &  Groten 
to  Major  sy.  c\:  is  Li  sattisfaction  of  a  debt  of  forty  fower  pounds  In" 

inon  Willard.        o  r     i-.  i  ,      ■  •' 

Sagamore  of  Patuckett  doth  owe  to  him  Provided  he 
make  ouer  all  his  Right  title  eS:  Interest  in  the  execution  obtayned  agt 
the  sajd  Sagamore  to  the  counlrje  wch  was  donne  (IV.  281.) 


The  following  Indian  names,  applied  by  the  early  settlers 
to  streams,  ponds,  or  places,  in  the  original  township  of 
Groton  and  its  neighborhood,  are  for  the  most  part  still  in 
common  use.  The  spelling  of  these  words  varies,  as  they 
were  first  written  according  to  their  sound  and  not  according 
to  their  derivation.  They  have  been  twi  .ted  and  distorted  so 
much  by  English  pronunciation  and  misapplication,  that  it  is 
doubtful  whether  an  Indian  would  recognize  them  in  their 
foreign  garb.  Yet.  even  with  this  drawback,  they  furnish  one 
of  the  few  links  in  the  chain  of  historical  facts  connecting 
us  with  pre-historic  times  in  America  It  is  rare  to  find  an 
Indian  word  in  an  early  document  spelled  twice  alike : 

Babittasset  —  the  name  of  a  village  in  Pei)perell. 

Baddacook  —  the  name  of  a  pond  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  town. 

Catacoonamug—Xhe  name  of  the  neighborhood  of  Shirley,  as  well  as 

of  a  brook  in  that  town. 
CJiicopce — the  name  of  a  district  in  the  northern  part  of  the  town,  but 

now  applied  to  a  higliway  approaching  it,  called  Chicopee  Row, 
Humhau>  —  the  name  of  a  brook  in  Westford. 
Kissacook  —  the  name  of  a  hill  in  Westford. 
Massapoag~x\\Q  name  of  a  pond,  lying  ])artly  in  Groton  and  partly 

in  Dunstable. 
Mnlpus  —  the  name  of  a  brook  in  Shirley. 
Nagog — the  name  of  a,  pond  in  Littleton. 


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Nashoba  —  the  old  name  of  Littleton,  now  applied  to  a  hill  in  that 

town,  as  well  as  to  a  brook  in  Westford. 
Nashua  —  the  name  of  the  river  running  through  the  township. 
Nis.stisset  —  the  name  of  a  river  in  Pepperell. 
Nonacoicm  —  the  name  of  a  brook  in  Ayer,  tliough  formerly  applied 

to   a   tract   of  land.     Sometimes   the  word   is   abbreviated   to 

Coicus. 
Nubanussuck  —  the  name  of  a  pond  in  Westford. 
Feiaupaiikctt  —  a  name  found  in  the  original  petition  to  the  General 

Court  for  thi  grant  of  the  town,  and  used  in  connection  with  the 

territory  of  the  neighborhood  ;    sometimes  written  Petapawage 

and  Petapaway. 
Quosopanagon  —  the  name  of  a  meadow  "  on  the  other  side  of  the 

riuer,"  mentioned  in  the  land-grant  of  Thomas  Tarbell,  Jr. ;  the 

same  word  as  Quasaponikin,  formerly  the  name  of  a  tract  of  land 

in  Lancaster,  but  now  given  to  a  meadow  and  a  hill  in  that  town, 

where  it  is  often  contracted  \i-io  Ponikin. 
Squatmacook  —  the  name  of  a  river  in  the  western  part  of  the  town 

flowing  into  the  Nashua  ;  formerly  applied  to  the  village  of  West 

Groton. 
Tadmuck  —  the  name  of  a  brook  and  a  meadow  in  Westford. 
Unqiidenassett,  or    Unquetenorset  —  the   name   of    a   brook   in   the 

northern  part  of  the   town.      It   is   sometimes   shortened   into 

Uncjuety. 
Wabansconcett  —  another  word  found  in  the  original  petition  for  the 

grant  of  the  town,  and  used  in  connection  with  the  territory  of 

the  neighborhood. 

The  following  letter  from  the  Honorable  James  Hammond 
Trumbull,  whose  authority  in  Indian  philology  is  unques- 
tioned, gives  the  meaning  and  derivation  of  the  original  name 
of  the  town  :  — 


Hartford,  Dec.  22,  1S77. 

Mv   DEAR  Dr.  G-rk¥.^,  —  Petaupaukd  and    Petapatvage  are   two 

forms  of  the  same  name,  the  former  having  the  locative  post-position 

{-et),  meaning  "at  "  or  "  on  "  a  place  ;  and  both  are  corruptions  of 

one  or  the  other  of  two  Indian  names,  found  at  several  localities  in 


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New  England.  From  %uhich  of  the  two  your  (Jroton  name  came, 
I  cannot  decide  without  some  knowledge  of  the  place  itself,  I  leave' 
you  the  choice,  confident  that  one  or  the  other  is  the  true  name. 

'' Pooiuppog;'  used  by  Eliot  for  "  bay,"  in  Joshua,  xv.  2,  5,  literally 
means  "spreading"  or  ^^  bulging  water,"  and  was  employed  to 
designate  either  a  local  widening  of  a  river,  making  still  water,  or  an 
inlet  from  a  river  expanding  into  something  like  a  pond  or  lake. 
Hence  the  name  of  a  part  of  (old)  Saybrook,  now  Essex.  Conn., 
wliich  was  variously  written  Pautapaug,  Poattapoge,  Potabauge,  and! 
later,  Pettipaug,  &c.,  so  designated  from  a  spreading  cove  or  inlet 
from  Connecticut  River.  Pottapoug  Pond  in  Dana,  Mass.,  with  an 
outlet  to,  or  rather  an  inlet  from,  Chicopee  River,  is  probably  a  form 
of  the  same  name.  So  is  "  Port  Tobacco,"  Charles  County,  Md.  (the 
''lotapaco  "  of  John  Smith's  map),  on  the  Potomac. 

But  there  is  another  Algonkin  name  from  which  Petaupauk  and 
some  similar  forms  viay  have  come,  which  denotes  a  swainp,  bog  or 
quagmire,  —  literally,  a  place  into  which  the  foot  sinks  •  represented  by 
the  ChippewayA'AVv;?.,  a  bog  or  soft  marsh,  and  the  Abnaki  potepawr 
There  is  a  Pautipaug  (otherwise,  Pootapaug,  Portipa„>^,  Patapo^ue 
&c.)  in  the  town  of  Sprague.  Conn.,  on  or  near  the  Shetucket  River,' 
which  seems  to  have  this  derivation. 

If  there  was  in  (ancient)  (iroton  a  pond  or  spreading  cove  con- 
nected with  the  Nashua,  S(iuannacook,  Nissitisset,  or  other  stream  or 
a  pond-hke  enlargement,  or  "bulge,"  of  a  stream,  this  may,  without 
much  doubt,  be  accepted  as  the  origin  of  the  name.  If  there  is  none 
such,  the  name  probably  came  from  some  "  watery  swamp  "  like 
those  into  which  (as  the  "  Wonder  Working  ?■  idence  "  relates) 
the  first  explorers  of  Concord  "sunke,  into  an  uncertaine  bottome  in 
water,  and  waded  up  to  their  knees." 

Yours  truly, 

J.  Hammond  Trumbull. 

The  last  suggestion,  that  the  name  came  from  an  Algonkin 
word  signifying  swamp,  or  bog,  is  probably  the  correct  one 
There  are  many  bog  meadows,  of  greater  or  less  extent,  in 
different  parts  of  the  town.     Two  of  the  largest— one  situ- 
ated on  the  easterly  side  of  the  village,  and  known  as  Half- 


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Moon  Meadow,  and  the  other  on  the  westerly  side,  and  known 
as  Broad  Meadow,  each  covering  perhaps  a  hundred  acres 
of  land  —  are  now  in  a  state  of  successful  cultivation.  Before 
they  were  drained  and  improved,  they  would  have  been  best 
designated  as  swamps,  or  bogs. 


RUMBULL. 


A  singing-book,  entitled  "  Indian  Melodies,"  was  published 
at  New  York,  in  the  year  1845,  containing  a  tune  called 
"  Groton."  The  compiler  of  the  work  was  Thomas  Commuck, 
a  Narragansett  Indian,  then  living  at  Manchester,  Wisconsin 
Territory.  He  asserts  that  all  the  tunes  mentioned  in  the 
book,  as  well  as  their  names,  are  Indian,  which  is  a  mistake. 
Groton  is  an  old  English  word,  in  use  more  than  eight  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  its  Latin  form  is  found  in  Domesday 
Book. 

There  are  several  tunes  called  Groton,  given  in  different 
singing-books,  but  the  earliest  one  that  I  can  rind  is  in  Jacob 
Kimball's  "  Rural  Harmony,"  published  at  Boston,  in  the 
year  1793  ;  and  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  the  author  of  the 
work  wrote  it  himself.  Mr.  Kimball  was  born  in  Topsfield, 
Massachusetts,  on  February  15,  1761,  and  graduated  at  Har- 
vard College  in  the  class  of  1780.  He  studied  law  with 
Judge  William  Wetmore,  of  Salem,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  the  year  1795.  Before  this  time  he  was  a  school- 
teacher and  a  noted  composer  of  music.  He  wrote  quite  a 
number  of  tunes,  and  some  of  them  were  named  after  the 
towns  where  he  taught  singing.  At  one  time  he  lived  in 
Amherst,  New  Hampshire ;  and  it  is  highly  probable  that  he 
named  the  tune  after  this  town.  He  died  at  Topsfield,  on 
July  24,  1826, 


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Gibbet  Hill,  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of  the  village, 
was  so  named  at  a  very  early  day  in  the  history  of  Groton' 
It  is  mentioned  in  the  land-grant  of  Sergeant  James  Parker, 
which  was  entered  in  the  town-records  by  Richard  Sawtell 
the  first  town-clerk,  who  filled  the  office  from  June.  1662.  to 
January,  1664-5.  The  tradition  is  that  the  hill  was  so  called 
from  the  fact  that  once  an  Indian  was  gibbeted  on  its  summit. 
If  this  ever  occurred,  it  must  have  happened  before  Richard 
SawtelFs  term  of  oflice.  The  town  was  incorporated  by  the 
General  Court  on  May  25,  1655,  but  no  public  records  were 
kept  before  June  23,  1662, 


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INDEX. 


ArSnaqui,  chief,  Taxous,  64. 

Acadia,  170. 

Adams    (Addams),    Archelus:   soldier, 

164;  return,  166. 
Adams,   Daniel:  petition,    38;    wages, 

46. 
Adams,  Jonathan,  bayonet-man,  177. 
Adams,  Salom,  petitioner,  19. 
Addington,  Isaiah,  secretary,  53,  54.  69, 

82,85,89,91,93,96. 
Ahasombaniet,  73. 
Aix-la-Chapelle,  treaty,  156. 
Ak-\vis-sas-ne,  settlement,  1 19. 
Albany   (Albancy),    N.    V.,    112,   iC.'^; 

Tarbells  in,  116. 
Alexander,  John,  in  garrison,  59, 
Allen,  Rev.  Wilkes,  quoted,  107. 
Allen,  Samuel,  paid,  45. 
Almy,  Job,  on  committee,  115. 
Ames  family,  prominent,  154. 
Ames,  Ebenezer,  private,  160. 
Ames,  lileazer:  soldier,  164;  gun  lost, 

168. 
Ames,  Jacob  :  private,  128,  155  ;  shoots 
Indian,    131;    petition,    132;    under 
Lovewell,  135. 
Ames,  John:  shot,  106,  131  ;  paid,  172- 
Ames,  Simon,  not  enlisted,  166. 
Amherst,  N.  H.,  191. 
Amherst,  r.encral  Jeffrey,  178. 
Ammunition,  93. 
Amsaquonte  Fort,  Maine,  gathering  of 

Indians  at,  72. 
Andover    (Andeucr),    Mass.,   commis- 
sioner from,  42. 
Anvillc,  Duke  d',  fleet  of,  150. 
Appleton,  Mnjor,  reference  to,  26. 
Archable,  John,  bayonet-man,  177. 
Archaeologia  Americana,  allusion,  8. 


Ashley,  Mr.,  allusion,  1 12, 
Assyrian,  the  proud,  allusion,  33. 
Ata-\ven-ta,  Indian  chief,  118. 
Angary  (Longlcy),  John,  75. 
Ayer,  Mass.,  13,  62,  187. 


lUinuTAssKr,  188. 
liaddacook  I'ond,  188. 
ISallard,  Nathaniel,  private,  174. 
I'.all,  Kleazer,  paid,  46. 
Hamba/.een  (Uomazeen),  allusion,  67. 
Bancroft  family,  ))rominent,  i  54. 
Bancroft,  Captain  Thomas,  80. 
Bancroft,  Ednumd,  i)rivate,  154,  165. 
Bancroft,  Lieutenant,    charges    the   In- 
dians, 56. 
Bancroft,  Thomas,  paid,  45. 
Baptist  incetiiifi-house,  location,  26. 
Barnard,  Samuel,  trooper,  127, 
Barnes   (Barron.';.   Elias,    in   garrison, 
60. 

Barnes,  John,  in  garrison,  60. 
Barney,  Daniel,  in  garrison,  59. 

Barrett  (Barret,  Barrit),  John,  soldier, 
126. 

Barrett,  Lemuel,  private.  152 

Barroi,,    Elias:   wounded,    134;    allow- 
ance to  family,  I4fi- 

Barron,  Silas,  bayonet-man,  177. 

Bart,  William,  private,  175, 

Basin  of  Annapolis  Royal,  Nova  Scotia, 
174. 

Bason,  Samuel,  private,  175. 

Bass,    James  Lawrence,   muster-roll   in 
possession  of,  150,  151. 

Bates,  John,  paid,  46. 

r.auden  (Boyden),  Josiah,  soldier,  128. 

Bay  Government,  162. 

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n.-iyonetmcn,  list  of,  176,  177. 

Ik-auljicn  (liohl)in)  faiiiih,  173. 

liclcher,  J.,  sigiiatiirL',  115. 

llelloniont,  Lord,  signaiurc,  82. 

licmis  (lien.ish).  Kphraim,  paid,  45,  46. 

lieiijainin,  Jolin,  sergeant,  88. 

Jiennett  (Itennet,  Heimit),  John,  soldier, 

Hcnnett,  J()sc|ih,  private,  1S5. 
Hennett,  Samuel,  at  a  farn\]  61. 
Hennett,  William,  private,  155. 
lierwick,  Maine,  letter  from,  54. 
licverly  (neuerly),  Mass.,  commissioner 
from,  42. 

Hillerica  (Hilcrckcy,  Jtderica,  IJilerikvc, 
liiilerekey,  Billerikey,  Hillerkev,   I'iil- 
rica),  Ma.ss.,  80,  175,  187  ;  forces  weak 
ni,23;  security,  39;  inhabitants  sitting 
on  the  fence,  42. 
I?iscuit  (liiskett),  112. 
Wandford  (Glasco),  Mass.,  112. 
Ulanchard,  James,  clerk,  186. 
IJlanchard,  Jose])h,  iirivate,  126. 
Wanchard,  Josejjh,  Jr.,  private,  152. 
Ulanihard,  Simon,  jjrivatc,  153. 
Blankets,  132,  167. 

Blasdell,  Dr.  Henry,  petition,  130,  131. 
Blood  (Bloud),  Aaron,  soldier,  164. 
Blood,  Caleb,  bayonet-man,  177. 
Blood,  Ebenezer,  i)rivate,  155. 
Blood,  James:  in   garrison,  59;  killed 

03,  106. 
Blood,  Joseph:  soldier,i26,    128;  sum- 
moned as  a  witness,  9,  10. 
Blood,  Moses,  private,  155,  164. 
Blood,  Nathaniel,  in  garrison,  59. 
Blood,    Robert  (Robart):  private,  164. 

166,  167;  witness,  iSo,  i8t. 
Blood,  Samson,  ])rivate,  174. 
Blood,  Shattuck,  bavonet-man,  177 
Blood,   Widow   (Widdow),  Jr.,  settled 

in  garri.son,  59. 
Bloody  Point,  174. 
Bobbin  (lieanbien),  Klii:.,  age,  ij^- 
Bobbin,  John,  age,  173. 
Bobbin,  Joseph,  age,  173. 
l?obbin,  Margaret," age,  173. 
Bobbin,  Afary,  age,  173. 
Bobbin,  Matturen,  age,  173. 
Bobbin,  Paul  Oliver,  age  173. 


Bobbin,  Peter,  age,  173. 
Bobbin,  Rain,  age,  173. 

Boidon   (Boyden),  Jonathan,  about  to 

leave  (bdton,  ro4. 
Hoidon,  Jo.seph,  left  Croton,  104. 
liomascrn  (Bambazeen),  allusion,  73 
Boiiiit,  Mme.  Marguerite  (Mgie),  Kod- 

mothcr,  1 10.  °        o 

Bordman,  William,  ])aid,  47. 
Boston  (Bostoun).  ,6,  1.5,  ,76;  Indian 
hanged  there,  8;    (;eneral  Court.  9; 
boast  concerning,  33  ■  attack  on,  I'so. 
noston  (lazette,  131. 
BoMon  Public  Library,  35. 
Boston  News-r,etter,  89,  105,  131. 
itoiitwell,    Governor    George    S.,  resi- 
dence, 35. 
Bowers,  Cajitain  Jerathmel,  80,  95,  96 ; 

after  the  Indian.s,63. 
Bowers,  Lieutenant,  allusion,  58. 
liowers,    Samuel:   private,   155;    paid, 
171. 

Bowman,  Captain,  allusion,  127. 

Bo.xford,  Mass  ,  174. 

Boyden     (Bauden,    Boiden,     Boydon) 

John,  soldier,  164. 
Boyden,  Josiah,  ])rivate,  128,  175. 
Boyenton,  Abraham,  private,  176. 
JSoynton,  John,  Esq.,  allusion,  133. 
Bradford,   Mass.,   commissioner    from 

42. 

Bradstrcct,  Lieutenant  Dudley,  i  c  .- 
156. 

Bradstreet,  Rev.  Dudley,  settlement, 
97  i  his  man  slain  104  ;  in  garrison,' 
'07  ;  allusion,  154,  156. 

Bradstreet,  Siinon!  allusion,  24. 

Bragadozios,  reference  to,  33. 

Biaintree,  Mass.,  Marshall's  Diary,  87. 

Brandy,  ir2. 

Brattlcborough,  Vt.,  156. 

Brattle,  Cornet  Thomas,  order  concern- 
ing, 19. 

Bread,  supplied,  53. 

Breck,  AFr.  Robert,  ordained,  89. 

Broad  Meadow,  190. 

Brookfield,  Ma.ss. :  allusion,  14;  rescue 

of,  16. 
Browne,  Benjamin,  on  committee,  115. 
Brown,  David,  bayonet-man,  177. 


INDEX. 


"95 


lathan,  about  to 


mel,  80,  95,  96 ; 


order  concern- 


lirown,  I'^lcazcT,  paid,  46. 

lirown,  KzckicI,  sergeant,  175. 

Brown,  James,  witness,  185. 

llrown,  Mr.,  killed,  104. 

Uiickininster,  Colonel  Joseph,  account 
of,  passed,  127. 

Uulkley  (liulkeley,  Bulkely,  Hulkly), 
Captain  John,  company,  16O,  167, 
176,  177. 

Hulkley,  Captain  Josepli  ;  at  court- 
martial,  98;  in  Lancaster,  102. 

JSulkley,  John,  |)rivate,  155. 

Bull,  Samuel,  paid,  44,  46. 

Bunker  Hill,  battle,  87,  151. 

Burrill,  John,  speaker,  93,  94. 

Burt,  James,  jirivate,  152,  175. 

Busli,  John,  paid,  44,  47. 

Bush,  William,  private,  152. 

Butler,  Caleb,  references  to  his  His- 
tory, 58,  61,  63,  67,  89,  132,  133,  144, 
18S. 

Butterfield,  Jonathan,  allusion,  100. 

Buttertield,  Josiah,  soldier,  164. 

Butterfield,  Samuel :  comrade  of  John 
Shei)ley,  68;  four  pounds  given  to, 
69;  captured,  70;  petition,  95,  96. 

Byfield,  Nathaniel,  speaker,  56. 


Cady  (Cade,  Cadein,  Cadye),  Daniel 
(I)anill):  in  garrison,  61;  left  Gro- 
ton,  104. 

Cady,  John  :  witness,  38  ;  in  garrison, 
60;  left  Groton,  104. 

Cady,  Joseph,  in  garrison,  60. 

Cady,  Nicholas  (Nickolass):  witness, 
38 ;  allusion,  60. 

Cambridge,  Mass. :  two  council-mem- 
bers living  in,  23;  allusion,  36;  com- 
missi jners  meet  at,  42 ;  new  ( Newton), 
92. 

Canaan,  allusion,  108. 

Canada  (Canedy):  French  in,  12,  63; 
expedition  to,  54,  55  ;  Indians  not  at, 
58;  captives,  72,  109;  governor-gen- 
eral, III;  Tarbell  brothers  brought 
from,  112;  mission  to,  120-122;  In- 
dians in,  141  ;  allusion,  149;  expe- 
dition against,  166-16S. 

Canada,  Daniel,  paid,  45,  46. 


Candlestick,  removal  of,  32. 

Carlors  (Kerley),  Lieutenant,  daughter 

set  at  liberty,  35. 
Casco  Hay,  82. 

Casco,  Maine,  headquarters,  53. 
Catacoonanuig   (Cataconunnok,   Catta- 

comumok,  Cattaconamak),  brook  and 

territory,  179,  180,  188. 
Caughnawaga  :  Indian  village,  1 10  ;  chief 

at,  n(>;  Tarbclls  in,  117;  Jesuit  from, 

119;  boys  from,  120;  council  of  the 

tribe,  I2I  ;  painting  in,  123. 
Cavalry-troopers,  12. 
Chair  (vehicle),  160. 
Chamberlain    (Chand)erlin),    garrison, 

107,  108. 
Chamberlain,  lidniund  (Ldman),  about 

to  leave  Groton,  104. 
Chamberlain,     Elizabeth,     mother    of 

John,  144. 
Chamberlain,  John  :   kills  Indian  chief, 

134;   I'augus  slain,   138,  139;  stories 

concerning,    140-145;    soldier,    164, 

166,  167. 
Chamberlain,  Jonathan,  private,  175. 
(-hand)erlain,  Thomas,  private,  44,  126, 

1 28,  144,  155. 
Champigny,  M.,  report  by,  64. 
Chandler,  Kphraim,  soldier,  126,  164. 
Chandler,  Joseph,  private,  155. 
Chajjin,  Robert  (Robart),  private,  152. 
Charity   School    at    Hanover,    N.    H, 

120. 
Charles  County,  Md.,  igo. 
Charles  Rivei   i)roposed  stockade  from, 

41,42. 
Charlestovvn    (Charles    town,    Charles 

Toune,  Charlestowne,  Charls  Toun, 

Charls    Toune,    Charlstown,   Charls 

town),  Mass.:   death  of   S.  Willard 

at,   13;     removal    of    the   Wilberds 

(Willards),  29;  boast  concerning,  23\ 

constables,  37 ;    commissioner   from, 

42 ;  allusion,  58. 
Charlestovvn  Ferry,  Mass.,  61. 
Charlcstown,  N.  II  :  first  settlements, 

148;  No.  4,  162. 
Charles  X.,  interview  with,  122. 
Charlevoix,   P.  F.  X.  de ;   quoted,  64; 

as  authority,  66. 


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INDEX. 


m,', 

rm 


Chase,  Itcnjumin,  private,  i  5^. 

Chase,  (Jeoigc  Wingute,  hi.aurian,  Si. 

t^lielnislord  (Chemsford,  Chenccforil), 
Mass,  15,  80,  187;  liorseineii,  17; 
force's  weak,  23 ;  l)iiriieil,  30 ;  boast 
cDnceriiing,  ]i;  f^arriion,  30  ;  aniiiiu- 
nitioii,  37;  strengthened,  31;;  Captain 
Parker,  49;  strokes  on,  iy2. 

Chelsea,  .M.iss,,  186. 

Chcver,  James,  |)aid,  47. 

Chicopee  River,  njo. 

Chiinpcc  Row,  (Jroton,  Lieutenant  La- 
kin's  house,  66,  iThS. 

Child,  Captain  .\lnam,  17S. 

Chilli,  Joseph,  sergeant,  88. 

Chirurgcons,  55,  57. 

Cliristmas,  town-meeting  on,  183. 

Chubbuck,  John,  cornet,  54. 

Church,  Cornelius,  in  garrison,  60. 

Church,  David,  paiti,  45,  46. 

Church,  Samuel,  in  garrison,  61. 

Churches,  elders  of,  90. 

Churchill,  A.  W.,  allusion,  laS. 

Circuit  Court,  of  first  circuit,  68. 

CIcaveland,  Samuel,  paid,  46. 

Cluugh,  William,  paid,  47. 

Cobbet,  Rev.  'I'homas,  letter,  35. 

Coburn,  Cajjtain  Oliver,  167. 

Cocheco,  now  Dover,  N.  IL,  8. 

Codington,  John,  paid,  45. 

Coftin,  Peter,  intention  of,  11. 

Coffm,  Rev.  Paul,  author,  loS. 

Coicus  lirook,  1S9.     (See  Xonacoicus.) 

Collections  of  Farmer  and  Moore, 
121. 

Collections  of  the  Maine  Historical 
Society,  188. 

Collections  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Historical   Society,   16. 

Colonial  History  of  New  York,  52. 

Colonists,  suspicion  of,  12. 

Combs,  Jonathan,  soldier,  126. 

Commuck,  Thomas,  compiler,  191. 

Community,  Croton,  89. 

Concord,  Mass. :  Willard,  an  inhabitant 
of,  13  ;  boast  concerning,  33  ;  strength- 
ened, 39;  governor's  tour,  86;  allu- 
sions, 1S5,  187. 

Concord,  N.  H.,  formerly  Penacook,  9, 

131. 


Concord  River,  propo.ted  xtockade  from, 

41,42, 
Congregation  Nfitre  Dame,  in  Montreal, 

75-  >«o. 
Connceticut,  governor  of,  133. 
Connecticut  River,  147,  169. 
Coii.'ecticiit  Valley,  150. 
Coiisjrt,  Cornellius,  Dutchman,  16. 
Coiistables,  (Iroton,  89. 
Constabulary  order,  16. 
Con'inuation  ■)(   the    Narative  of  the 

I.idian  Charity  School,  120. 
Contoocook,  N.  H.,  136. 
Converse,  t-'aptain  James,  80. 
Converse,  James,  speaker,  Ih),  82,  85, 

88,  91, 
Converse,  Major  James,  letter,    '^7. 
Cooke,  Joseph,  order  of  council  to,  24. 
Cooper,  John,  ciuoted,  26. 
Cooper,  Timothy,  kdled,  26,  43. 
Cordwainers,  175,  176. 
Corey,  Oliver,  private,  152. 
Coteau  du  Lac,  Canada,  encounter  of 

Lord  .Amherst  near,  119. 
Council,  82,  85;  orders  of,  r6,  17,  24, 

89;  petitions,  19,  22,  36,  38,   53,  90, 

93'  95  i    protection,  39;   propobitiou 

before,  41  ;  letter  to,  49;  deposition, 

72. 
Court-martial,  account  of,  98. 
Crasby  (Crosby),  Lieutenant,  80. 
Crcssey,  Jonathan,  private,  175. 
Crisp  (Crispe),  Uenjamin,  widow  of,  75. 
Crisp,  Jonathan,  paid,  46. 
Crisp,  Zachary,  paid,  46. 
Cromwell,  (Jliver,  allusion,  62. 
Crosby,  Joel :  soldier,  164  ;  lost,  168. 
Crown,  interest  of  the,  loi. 
Crown  Point,  N.  V  ,  162,  1G8,  175. 
Cuming,  John,  167. 
Cumins,  Ebenezer,  soldier,  126. 
Cummins,  William,  wounded,  136. 
Curtis,  Lieutenant,  38. 
Curtis,  Thomas,  private,  rja. 
Cutter,  Timothy,  paid,  47. 


Damon,  John,  paid,  45. 
Dane,  Jacob,  paid,  45,  46. 


INDi:X. 


19; 


iJanforth,  Jonathan  :  petitioner,  41 ; 
witness,  1.S5, 

Dantorth,  I'lionus:  allusion,  24;  re- 
toriitr,  1S5. 

I)artinouth  College,  Indian  in,  121. 

Davis  (Davice),  Aaron,  private,  175. 

Davis,  benjamin,  private,  152. 

Davis,  Elea/cr,  petition  of,  146, 
J47. 

Davis,  Jabaz,  soldier,  126. 

Davis,  John  :  in  garrison,  60;  location 
of  garrison,  62. 

Davis,  Nathaniel,  private,  155. 

Davis,  Samuel,  in  garrison,  lo ;  killed, 
89;  left  (Iroton,  104. 

Davis,  Simon,  Jr  ,  i)rivatc,  152. 

Davis's  l''ord\vay,  (iroton,  8y. 

Deerfield,  Mass.,  115,  121. 

Denison,  Major-Genera)  Daniel,  in- 
structions of,  15. 

Dcnoro,  Joseph,  private,  169. 

Denow,  Josejih,  private,  1C9. 

Diary,  Scwall's,  84,  86. 

Diary,  Marshall's,  89. 

Dickinson,  Thomas,  murder,  9,  10. 

Dickson,  Walter,  89 

Diucns  (Divoll),  Goodwife,  ransomed, 

35- 
Divill  (Devil),  drink  makes,  11. 
Documents  collected  in  France,  65. 
Dogs :   track   discovered,   99 ;    Indian, 

100. 
Domton,  Nathaniel,  paid,  45. 
Douglass,  Daniel,  soldier,  164. 
Doule,  William,  ])aid,  45. 
Dover,    N.    II.:   formerly    Cocheco,  8, 

72;  triumphal  entry  into,  135. 
Dracut,  Mass.,  men  at,  146. 
Dragoons :   from   different    towns,    23 ; 

sent  to  Groton's  relief,  30;  attacked, 

36. 
Drunkenness,  among  the  Indians,  10. 
Duhlit,  James  Vox,  183-185. 
Dublit,  John  Tom,  1S3-185. 
Dublett,  Thomas,  petition,  187. 
Dudley,  Francis,  paid,  46. 
Dudley  (Dutly),  Governor  Joseph,  68, 

84,  88,  90,  92,  95,  97,  98,   III;   tour 

in  Middlesex  County,  86. 
Dummer,  fort,  Vt.,  156. 


Dui'uncr,  Licutcnant-Ciovcrnor  Wil- 
liam, 125;  letters  to,  12S-130. 

Dummcr's  War,  end  ot,  146. 

Dinuull,  Th'iin.is,  paid,  45. 

l)un.4al)le  (Donslulde),  Mass.,  19,  52, 
133,  174,  188;  garrison,  17;  troops. 
So;  governor's  toui, 86;  military  list, 
126;  men  posted,  128;  niarvh  from, 
136;  i'augus  there,  140;  men  at.  142. 

Durham,  N.  M.,  72. 

Dupiint,  Maileleijic,  signature,  77. 

Dutch  in  New  \  ork,  12. 

Dutly  (Dudley),  Joseph,  90, 


East    Camiiridok,    Mass.,    179,    183; 

probate  otiice,  26,  1 10. 
Edwards,  John,  Jr.,  private,  157 
ICgercmct,  feast,  73. 
Eleventh  I'niled  Slates  Infantry,  124. 
Eliot,  aiUhiirity,  190. 
Ellett,  Elias,  private,  154. 
Elliot,  Deacon,  order  to,  37. 
Elliotc,  Oliver,  private,  176. 
Emerson,  Kcv.  Joseph,  sermon,  160. 
England  :  war  with  France  and   Spain, 

86;  agreement  during,  117. 
Epitaphium  on  Simon  Willard,  13. 
Erwin,  John,  164;  bayonet-man,  177. 
'^ssex  Company,  disbandeil,  146. 
Essex,  Conn.,  190. 

Essex  County,  Mass.,  security  of,  41. 
Evangeline,  poem,  170. 
F^xeter,  N.  II.,  Simon  Stone  at,  56. 


Fairbanks,  Lieutenant  Jabez,  125; 
I  company  raised  by,  127 ;  letters, 
I      i.S-,30. 

1  Fairfield,  William,  on  committee,  115. 
•  Fairwell  (Farwell),  Henry,  private,  155. 

Farley,  Creorge,  house,  42. 

Farmer,  benjamin,  soldier,  164. 

Farmer,  Daniel,  prisoner,  155. 

Farnsworth     (Farnesworth)    brothers, 
133;  settlement,  148. 

Farnsworth,  Henjaiiiin,  in  garrison,  60. 
i  Farnsworth,  David,  escajjc,  14S,  149. 

Farnsworth,   Ebenezer  :   prisoner,  149; 
bayonet-man,  177. 


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INDEX. 


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H'li'i'*'  ' 


P     ,   i 


Kanisworth,     Ebenezcr,    Jr.,     privati;, 

i52. 

Farnswortli,  Ephraim,  under  Lovcwell, 

'35- 

FariLsworth,  Ezra,  allusion,  132. 

Fanisworth,  John  :  garrison,  61  ;  loca- 
tion, 62  ;  ensign,  iSj  ;  signature,  97  ; 
selectman,  103;  about  to  leave  (Iro- 
ton,  104;  in  garrison,  107,  loS. 

Farnsworth,  Josiali,  private,  152. 

Farnsworth,  Mattiicw,  in  garrison,  (X). 

Farnsworth,  Matthias,  constable,  10; 
i-a])tuie,  109. 

Farnswortii,  Mr.,  garrison,  107. 

Farnsworth,  Oliver,  private,  152,  164. 

Farnsworth,  Reuben,  under  Lovcwell, 
-35- 

Farnsworth,  Rev.  James  Dclap,  cj noted, 

Farnsworth,  Samuel:  in  garrison    60; 

left  Croton,  104;  killed,  148. 
Farni.worth,  .Stci)iien,  death,  149. 
Farnsworth,  Widow,  in  garrison,  60. 
Farnsworth,  William,  soldier,  164,  166, 

167. 
Farrer  (ffarer),  Jacob,  witness,  iSo. 
Farwell    (Fair  well),     Henry,     jirivate, 

ISS- 

Farwell,  Isaac:  soldier,  126;  in  Charles- 
town,  150. 

Farwell,  John,  private,  152. 

Farwell,  Joseph:  soldier,  i6j;  signa- 
ture, 16C;  sergeant,  174. 

Farwell,  Joseph,  Jr.,  private,  152. 

Farwell,  Oliver,  bayonet-man,  177. 

Farwell,  Samuel,  private,  152. 

Fast-days,  28. 

Filbrick  {Filbrook,  Philbrick,  Phil- 
brook),  Ephraim,  in  garrison,  60,  107, 
laS. 

Fisk,  Eleazer,  soldier,  164,  166. 

Fisk,  James:  in  garrison,  60;  private, 
155,  164. 

Fisk,  Nathan,  private,  176. 

Fi?k,  Samuel :  in  garrison,  60 ;  private, 
176. 

Fitchburg,  Mass.,  garrison,  153. 

Fitch  (ffitch),  Daniel,  80. 

Fitch,  Zachariah,  owner  of  Longley 
Farm,  74. 


Fletcher,  Jonas,  private,  176. 

Fletcher,  Samuel,  Sr.,  jiaid,  46. 

Fletcher,  Samuel,  Jr.,  paid,  46. 

Fogg,  ])r.  John  S.  11.,  "request"  in 
possession  of,  21. 

Foot  Company,  still  retained,  53. 

Forge  Vill.T^e,  Mass,  108. 

Forgly  (Frogly),  Timothy,  paid,  44. 

Foster,  Jonathan,  jirivate,  1O9. 

Foster,  Joseph,  paid,  46. 

Foster,  S'meon  :  soldier,  164;  bayonet- 
man,  177. 

Foster,  Stcjihen  :  ])rivate,  160,  164,  166, 
167;  firearms  loAt,  168. 

Foster,  Thomas,  jiaid,  46. 

Fovel :  in  St.  Regis,  122;  true  charac. 
ter,  123. 

Fo.\,  C::harles  James,  author,  141. 

Foye  (ffoye),  Mr.,  treasurer.  1 13. 

Framinghani,  Mass  ,  174. 

I'^ance,  war  with  England,  86. 

Franklin  County,  N.  Y.,  117. 

French  and  Indian  War,  150,  153. 

French  and  Indian  enemy,  63. 

French,  in  Canada,  12,  63;  in  Groton, 
108. 

French  Indians,  149. 

I'rench  Neutrals,  171. 

French  Refugees,  170-174. 

French  War,  over,  141. 

Frogly  (Forgly),  Timothy,  paid,  45,  46. 

Frontenac,  Count  de,  scaljis  given  to,  66. 

Frontier  garrisons,  list  of,  107. 

Frontier  towns,  80;  law  regarding,  102, 

Frost,  Thomas,  jiaid,  45,  46. 

Fryeburg,  Maine,  154,  137,  139. 

Fuller,  Micah,  in  Charlcstown,  150. 


Gagk,  Edmund,  paid,  147. 
Galaxy  Magazine,  116. 
Garrison-houses  :  refuge  sought  in,  25, 

26;  destroyed,  27  ;  Indians  lodge  in, 

35  ;  location,  61  ;  still  standing,  108. 
Garrisons  :  jirotection  in,  59 ;  exposed, 

129. 
Gasumbitt  (James  Fo.x),  Indian,    183- 

185. 
Gazetteer  of  Massachusetts,  80. 


I 


INDEX. 


199 


true  chiirac. 


General  Court :  a])poin'mcnt  by,  S ; 
witness  in,  9  J  in  ISoston,  10;  entries 
in  manuscript  records,  12;  request, 
21  ;  petitions,  47,  55,  68,  70,  77,  81, 
82,89,90,  112,  113,  187;  application 
for  relief,  77,  78;  act  passed,  loi  ; 
allowance,  146;  committee,  173; 
grant!,  184. 

George,  lake,  N.  Y.,  153,  160. 

(ieorge  Farley's  house,  reference  to,  42. 

(Gibbet  Ilili,  (Iroton,  192. 

Gilbert,  Captain  Samuel,  company,  176. 

Gill,  William,  xiid,  45. 

Gillson,  Michael,  soldier,  128. 

Gillson,  sergeant,  garrison,  107,  108. 

Gilson,  Amasa,  jjrivate,  175. 

Gilson,  Iknjaniin,  private,  175. 

Gilson,  Daniel,  soldier,  165. 

Gilson,  Isaac,  private,  155. 

Gilson,  /ohn :  about  to  leave  Groton, 
104;  fighting  Indians,  134,  135,  168, 
174;  at  Ossi[)ee,  139. 

Gilson,  John,  Jr.,  ])rivate  154. 

Gilson,  Joseph:  escape,  135;  private, 
155;   application  of,  156. 

Gilson,  I'eter,  bayonet-man,  177. 

Gilson,  Simon:  soldier,  f64,  166. 

Gilson,  Solomon,  private,  175. 

Glasco  (Blandford),  Mass.,  allusion,  11. 

Gloucester  (Gloster),  Ma.ss.,  commis- 
sioner from,  42. 

Goblc,  Stephen,  paid,  46. 

Goffe,  Colonel,  warrant  from,  130. 

Goff,  John,  paid,  47. 

(Jookin,  Major  Daniel:  quoted,  8,  186; 
allusion,  23,  24. 

Goold  ((Jould),  Jonathan,  private,  174. 

Goold,  Moses,  soldier,  165, 

Gordon,  Father  Anthony,  joins  Indians, 
119. 

Gould  (Goold),  Corporal  Nehemiah  : 
killed,  160;  muster-roll,  164;  firearms 
lost,  168. 

Gould,  Nehemiah,  private,  175. 

Gragg  (Grag),  Jacob,  165;  paid,  171  ; 
bayonet-man,  17, 

Gragg,  John,  soldier,  165. 

Graves,  Benjamin,  paid,  46,  47. 

Cireat  Road,  Groton,  62. 

Green,  Benjamin,  bayonet-man,  177. 


(}reen,  Eleazer,  Sr.,  154. 

(ireen,  I'^leazer,  Jr.,  private,  155. 

Green,  Isaac:  private,  152,  155;  ser- 
geant, 175. 

Green,  Jonas,  private,  174. 

tlreen,  Jonathan,  private,  152,  169. 

Green,  Nathaniel,  paid,  46. 

Green,  Samuel,  private,  175. 

(ireen,  William  :  in  garrison,  61 ;  loca- 
tion, 62. 

Greene,  John,  in  garrison,  61. 

Green  Mountains,  163. 

Griffith,  Richard,  paid,  47. 

Groton  (Croaton,  Grantham,  Grauton, 
Gravvten,  Grawton,  Groaten,  Groaton, 
Groatton,  Grooton,  (Jrotcn,  Grotten, 
Grotton,  Groughton,  Growton)  :  pri- 
vations of  settlers,  7  ;  Indian  traffic, 
town  burnt,  8  ;  drunken  brawl,  9; 
death  of  Thomas  Dickinson,  10  ;  testi- 
mony, II;  Indians  and  firearms,  12; 
troops,  Willard  epitaph,  13;  wai- 
taxes,  Indian  molestation,  14;  de- 
fences, 15;  rescue  of  Brookfield, 
Captain  Thomas  Wheeler,  physi- 
cians, 16;  garrisons,  17;  action  of 
council,  18;  force  lessened,  19;  as- 
sessment in  1675,  20;  hard  winter, 
21  ;  frontier  perils,  22  ;  dragoons, 
23;  threatened  by  Indians,  24;  pros- 
perity, houses,  and  garrisons,  25  ; 
assaults,  meeting-house  destroyed, 
26  ;  Nutting  killed,  27 ;  sanctuary 
burned,  English  pamphlets  about 
King  Philip's  War,  28;  conflagration, 
29;  Hubbard's  account  of  the  sur- 
prizall,  30 ;  palizadoes  and  ambush,  31  ; 
stratagem  of  old  Indian,  babe  cut 
in  pieces,  One-eyerl  John,  32  ;  Indian 
sarcasm,  Indians  shot  by  Captain 
Sill,  T,y,  conflicting  accounts  recon- 
ciled,34  ;  amlmscado,  jirisoiiers  for  ran- 
som, Cobbet's  account,  35;  Morse's 
petition,  town  abandoned  by  settlers, 
36;  action  of  council  about  horses 
and  ammunition,  37 ;  the  Adams  pe- 
tition and  Woods  tcstimonv,  38 ; 
critical  season,  report  about  defences, 
39;  stockadoes,  40;  river  stockade, 
41;  report   of  committee,  42;    fam- 


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200 


INDEX. 


ilies,  prisoners,  hounds,  43;  church, 
monument,     44 ;      list     of     soldiers- 
45-47;  town   re-established,   47;  pe- 
tition  for   help,  48;  James    Parker's 
letter  to   the  governor,   49-50;    In- 
dian  vices,    51  ;     Nicholson's   letter, 
unsettled  condition  of  town,  52 ;  cav- 
alry, military  headquarters,  53;  com- 
missary, 54 ;  surgeon's  bill  lor  John 
Paige,    55 ;  slight   incidents,  56;  Si- 
mon Stone's  danger,  Indian  baptism, 
57  ;  Jacob  Indian,  58  ;  garrison  lists, 
59-62;  beginning  of  King  William's 
War,  63  ;  accounts  of  Cotton  Mather 
and   Pere   Charlevoix,   64;  allusions 
by  Judge    Scwall    and    the    French, 
65;  Canadian  attack,  66;  casualties, 
captives,   67;    Shepley   petition,  68; 
allowance,  69 ;  Parker  family's  relief, 
70;   girl   captive,   71;    Indian   expe- 
dition,  1695,    72;    captives    taken  to 
Canada,  72  '>   Longley  family,  74-76  ; 
straitened  condition  of  the  town,  77 ; 
petition,    78,  79;  troops   posted,  80; 
men    killed,    81 ;     Holden    petition, 
short  crops,  82;  aid   asked  for,  83; 
the  wounded,  84 ;  action  of  council, 
85  ;  Queen  Anne's  War,  Indian  sym- 
pathy with  French,  86  ;  the  Prescotts, 
attack  in   1704,  87;  Governor    Dud- 
ley's order,  88;  renewal  of  hostilities, 
89;  distress  of  the  farmers,  90;  re- 
quest for  relief,  91  ;  assault  in  1706, 
92;  Healy   petition,   93;    Seager  pe- 
tition, 94  ;  cruelty  towards  prisoners, 
95;  Butterfield  allowance,  96  ;  settle- 
ment of  Pradstreet,   97  ;    court-mar- 
tial,   98-100;    roving   savages,  loi  ; 
desertion  of  frontier  towns,  102-104; 
Indian    depredations,    1707-9,    105; 
Shattuck     and     Lawrence    families, 
ic'i;  frontier  ganisons,  107  ;  location 
of    houses,    captives,    108;    Tarbell 
children,  cajitives    in   C:uiada,    109- 
124;    Indian    enemy,    125;    military 
list,  126;  colonial  payments,  military 
company,    127;    scouts,    128;    Fair- 
banks letters,  129;  medical  services, 
130;  murder  by  Indians,  131  ;  scalps, 
132;  Farnsworth   affair,   133;    Love- 


well's  fight,  134;  the  Symmes  sermon, 
135-137;    Paugus,    138;  prisoners  to 
Canada,    139;  Indian  vendetta,  140- 
144;    traditions,   Isaac    Lakin,   145; 
Lovewell's  War,  Eleazer  Davis,  146 ; 
Sartell  petition,  147 ;  dangers  in  1744,' 
settlers  in  Charlestown,  No.  4,  14S; 
ransoms,    149;  King  George's   War] 
150;  muster-roll,   151;  privates,  152; 
receipts,    relief    to    I'itchburg,    153; 
dangers  in  1748,  154;  list  of  scouts] 
155;  Fort  Dummer,  allowance,  peace, 
156;  last  inte;colonial  struggle,  157; 
Lawrence  petition.  Fort  Halifax,  158; 
Woods   petition,    159;    military  ser- 
mon, 160;  Lakin  petition,  i6t  ;  leg- 
islative action,  162;  roster,  163-167; 
arms  lost,  168;  Crown   Point   expe- 
dition,  Lake   George,    169;    Acadia, 
170;  Fnnch  refugees,  171-173;  mus- 
ter-rolls, (74-176;  b.ivonet-men,  177; 
old  burial-ground,  178;  Indian  prom- 
issory   notes,    179-181  I    land-grants, 
182;    Christmas   town-meeting,   18-^; 
Indian  bond,  184,  185 ;  monetary  dis- 
satisfaction,   186  ;     Indian    petition, 
187;     farm-grant,    188;    Indian  geo- 
graphic names,  188,  189  ;  Indian  name 
for  Groton,    190;    Indian    Melodies, 
191 ;  Gibbet  Hill,   192. 
Groton,  Vt.,  163. 
Gun  :  payment  for,  93  ;  lost,  162. 


Hagar,  Samuel,  paid,  45,  46. 
Halford,  William,  paid,  45. 
Half-Moon  Meadow,  Groton,  191. 
Half-way    Brook,    153,    159,    160,  162, 

16S. 
Halifax,  fort,  Maine:  situation  of,  I58,.' 

allusion,  159.   • 
Hall,  Penjamin  II.,  author,  156. 
Hall,  Fphraim,  soldier,  165. 
Hall,  John,  about  to  leave  Groton,  104 
Hall,  Robert,  on  committee,  146. 
Hands,  John,  paid,  47. 
Hanover,  charity  school,  120. 
Hardwick  (Ilarwidck),  Mass.,  175. 
Harris,  Benjamin,  soldier,  126. 


i 


INDEX. 


201 


Harris,  Julin,  private,  152. 
Hartwell    (Hartwill),    Lbenezer,   bayo- 
net-man, 177. 
Hartwell,  Edward,  sergeant,  126,  127. 
Hartwell,  James,  private,  152. 
Hartwell,  Joseph,  soldier,  164. 
Hartwell,  Major,  in  command,  153. 
Hartwell,  Nathan,  private,  153. 
Harvard,  Mass.,  175. 
Harvard  College,  62,  191. 
Harvest  season,  80. 

Hassanamesit,  Indians  ordered  to  re- 
side at,  18. 
HasscU,  Benjamin:  coward,  136;  false 

report  of,  13S. 
Hasting,  Josiah,  private,  152.' 
Hathorne,  William,  witness,  10. 
Haverhill,    Mass. ;     headquarters,    53 ; 

History  of,  81. 
Havre,  France,  122. 
Hawes,  John,  paid,  45. 
Hawkins  (Haukins),  William,  butcher 

and  surgeon,  16,  17. 
Hawley,  Masa.,  178. 
Haywood,  John,  author,  So. 
Healy,  Nathaniel,  killed,  93. 
Hemenway,    Miss    A.    M.,    authoress, 

161,  163. 
Henchman    (Hinchman,    Hinchmanes, 
Hincksman),  Thomas:  lieutenant,  17; 
captain,  19;   account,  63;  major,  80; 
witness,  185. 
Henchman's  farm,  letter  from,  49. 

Herkimer  County,  N.  Y.,  124. 

High  School,  Groton,  25. 

Hi",  General  A.  Harleigh,  author,  163. 

Hill,  Israel,  paid,  45. 

Hill,  Jonathan,  paid,  46. 

Hill,  Nathaniel,  paid,  46. 

Hinsdale,  N.  II.,  175. 

Historical  Memoirs,  sermon,  135 

History  of  Charlestown,  N.  II.,  150. 

History  of  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  107. 

History  of  Dunstable,  Mass.,  43,  141. 

History  of  Eastern  Vermont,  156. 

History  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  153. 

History  of  Groton,  Mass.,  144,  163. 

Histovv    of    Manchester,    N.   H.,    136, 
138.' 

History  of  New  France,  C4. 


History  of  St.  Lawrence  and  Franklin 

Counties,  N.  Y.,  117. 
History  of  the  Christian  Indians,  8,  186. 
History  of  the  Province  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay,  66,  116. 
History  of  the  Wars  of  New  England, 

27,  28,  131. 
Hoar,  president  of  Harvard  College,  62. 
Hoar  (Hore),  Samuel,  152. 
Hoare,  John,  left  Groton,  104. 
Hobart  (Hubbard),  Rev.  Gershom,  62, 
64,  89,    154;   family  casualties,    67; 
disability,  91  ,  garrison,  107, 108,  112 
Hobart,    Israel  (Isael) :  corporal,  151, 

164;  paid,  172. 
Hobart,  Jeremiah,  private,  155. 
Hobart,  John,  private,  169. 
Ilobbs,  Captain    Humphrey,    his  com- 
pany, 174,  175. 
Ilolden    (Iloldin,    Holding,   Holdings, 

Houlding),  Amos,  private,  152. 
Holden,  Asa,  private,  174. 
Holden,  Charles,  Charlestown,  N.  H., 

150. 
Ilolden,    Isaac:   Charlestown,   N.   H., 

150;  private,  154;  sergeant,   174. 
Holden,  John,  captured,  81,  82. 
Holden,  Jonathan,  private,  154,  175. 
Holden,  Joshua,  bayonet-man,  177, 
Holden,  Mr.,  garrison,  107,  108. 
Holden,  Stephen  (Steven) :  in  garrison, 

60;  captured,  81,  82;  ensign,  154. 
Ilolden,  Stephen,  Jr.,  captured,  Si. 
Ilollingsworth's  paper-mills,  105,  131. 
Mollis  road,  Groton,  73,  108. 
Homer,  Rev.  Jonathan,  authority,  92. 
Hore,  Samuel  (Sam'll),  private,  152. 
Houghton,  Benjamin,  Jr.,  126. 
Hough,  Dr.  Franklin  B.,  author,  117, 

120. 
Hound  Meadow  Hill,  name   received, 

43- 
House  of  Representatives,  85,  89;  vote 

about  the  Iloldens,  Si  ;  tax  vote,  84. 

Howard  &  Richardson,  allusion,  112. 

How,  Nehemiah,  private,  175. 

Hubbard's  ambuscado,  35. 

Hubbard,  John,  ransom  paid  by,  36. 

Hubbard,  Jonathan,  ])etition,  127. 

Hubbard,  Rev.  Mr.     (See  Hobart.) 


202 


INDEX. 


hi, 


1)  ' 
i  j 


I;  m 


p   ,    I 


I. 

h  I 


Hubbard,    Rev.    William:    account  of 

King  Philip's  War,   27;     narrative, 

29.  33.  36. 43- 
Huberd  (Hobart?),  Mr.,  112. 
Huchin    (Ilutchins),    John,    about    to 

leave  Groton,  104. 
Hull,  John,  treasurer  of  Massachusetts, 

44. 
Hull's  Journal,  44. 
Humhaw  Brook,  Westford,  188. 
Hunt,  Ephraim,  signature,  98. 
Hutchins  (Huchin),  Nicholas,  in  garri- 
son, 60. 
Hutchinson,  Governor,  quoted,  66, 116. 


liMPLEMENTS,  stone,  discovered,  7. 

Indian  corn,  79. 

Indian,  Jacob,  57. 

Indian  Melodies,  191. 

Indian  summer,  142. 

Indian,  surname,  57. 

Indian  Wars,  brave  men  in,  56. 

Indians :  characteristics,  7 ;  love  of 
drink,  8,  10,  51 ;  murder,  9;  supplied 
with  arms,  11,  12;  burn  towns,  20, 
36;  prowling,  25;  ambush,  27,  31, 
32,  137  ;  rifle  houses,  30;  onset,  31 ; 
infant  cut  in  pieces,  32;  swine- hunt- 
j"g.  33;  feasted,  34;  hellhounds  and 
cowards,  35;  killed,  38;  stockade 
agamst,  41,  42  ;  given  Christian 
names,  57;  murdering,  62;  hatchets, 
63;  children  guarded  by,  66;  pris- 
oners, 72;  pi/aies,  81 ;  sympathy  with 
i'Yench,  86;  cruelty,  94;  bounty  for 
killing,   96;   jealousy,    118;    treaties 

•  with   governor  of   New  York,    119; 
pope's   questions,   122;   scalps,  132; 
hunting,  134;  prisoners  sent  to  Can- 
ada, 139;  land-titles,  186. 
Ipswich,    Mass.,    121  ;     commissior.jr 

from,  42. 
Israel,  the  New  England,  15. 


Jeffries,  William  Lloyd,  letter  in  pos- 
session of,  63. 

Jefts,  Henry,  private,  155. 

Jefts,  John,  killed,  134. 

Jenkins,  Ann,  testimony  of,  73. 

Jerusalem,  allusion,  49. 

Jethro,  Old,  Indian,  33. 

Jewet,  Nehemiah,  speaker,  79. 

Jewett,  Abel,  private,  153. 

Jewett,  Neha,  private,  154. 

Johnson,  Lot,  paid,  45. 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Susanna,  captured,  149. 

Johnson,  Stephen,  private,  152. 

Jones,     Captain    Ephraim,    company, 
176. 

Jones,  Colonel  Elisha,  166. 


James's  Brook,  garrison-houses,  25,  27, 

15'- 
James,  Indian,  180. 
Jeffries,  David,  letter  to,  63. 


Kamp  (Kemp),  Zerrubbubl  (Zerubba- 
bel),  about  to  leave  Groton,  104. 

Ka-re-ko-wo,  Indian  youth,  118. 

Keene  (Keen),  N.  H.,  175. 

Kellogg,  Joseph,  treasurer  for  the  Tar- 
bells,  114. 

Kemp  (Kamp,  Kempt),  Ebenezer,  bayo- 
net man,  177. 

Kemp,  Hezckiah,  private,  165,  176. 

Kemp,  Jabez,  private,  176. 

Kemp,  John,  private.  155,  176. 

Kemp,  Joseph,  soldier,  165. 

Kemp,  Oliver,  private,  176. 

Kemp,  Phineas,  private,  175. 

Kemp,  Samuel:   private,    152;  in   gar- 
rison, 59. 

Kemp,  Samuel,  Jr.,  private,  154,  165. 

Kemp,  Silas,  private,  165-167. 

Kemp,  Stephen,  private,  165-167. 

Kemp,  Zerubbabel,  about  to  leave  Gro- 
ton, 104, 

Kennebec  Indians,  more  successful  than 
the  Penobscot,  65. 

Kennebec  River,  expedition  up,  157. 

Kerley    (Carlors),   Lieutenant,    daugh- 
ter set  at  liberty,  35. 

Ketlc,  Goodwife,  ransomed,  35. 

Kidder,  Benjamin,  sick,  136,  139. 

Kidder,  James,  petitioner,  19. 
Kimball,  Jacob,  191. 
Kinderhook,  N.  Y.,  allusion,  112. 


INDEX. 


203 


iccessful  than 


King  Philip's  War:  letters  on,  28;  A 
New  and  Further  Narration,  29;  a 
friendly  Indian  in,  186. 

Kingstown  (Palmer),  Mass.,  112. 

Kissacook  Hill,  Westford,  i88. 

Knop,  James:  representative,  52,  53;  in 
garrison,  60. 

Knox  manuscripts,  76. 


Lachine,  Canada,  convent  at,  109. 

Lakin  (Laken,  Lakers,  Largin,  Larkin), 
Abraham,  about  to  leave  Groton,  104. 

Lakin,  Ambrose,  private,  152. 

Lakin,  Benjamin  (Benimin),  about  to 
leave  Groton,  104. 

Lakin,  Ebenezer,  private,  155. 

Lakin,  Isaac,  134,  135;  wounded,  106; 
story,  145. 

Lakin,  Isaac,  Jr.,  155. 

Lakin,  Jacob,  soldier,  126. 

Lakin,  John,  .t4,  161  ;  ensign,  52,  53 ; 
in  garrison,  59 ;  its  location,  62 ;  pri- 
vate, 174. 

Lakin,  Joseph :  signature,  91 ;  select- 
man, town-clerk,  103  ;  about  to  leave 
Groton,  104. 

Lakin,  Josiah,  about  to  leave  Groton, 
104. 

Lakin,  Miriam,  161. 

Lakin,  Nathaniel,  soldier,  164. 

Lakin,  Oliver  :  sergeant,  161,  168  ;  peti- 
tion, 162;  bayonet-man,  177. 

Lakin,  Simon,  private,  165-167,  176. 

Lakin,  Simon,  Jr.,  176. 

Lakin,  Thomas,  private,  155. 

Lakin,  William:  ensign  and  lieutenant, 
12;  on  committee,  20;  in  garrison, 
59,  107,  108;  house  attacked,  64,  66, 
74;  selectman,  79;  about  to  leave 
Groton,  104. 

Lamorandiere,  Jacques  Urbain  Robert 
de,  godfather,  no. 

Lancaster  ( Lanchester,  Lankester, 
Lankstar,)  :  Mass  ,  7.  23,  35,  52,  80, 
88,89,  127,  175,  179,  186,  '89;  traffic, 
8;  Willard  there,  13  ;  .'>  '■  '5  ;  garri- 
sons, 17,  130;  catastropiic.  30;  boast 
concerning,  33  ;  helpful,  38 ;  compul- 


sory removal,  40  ;  escape  to,  43  ;  gov- 
ernor's tour,  86 ;  Indian  attack,  87  : 
Captain  Bulkley  there,  102  ;  comman- 
der from,  125,  126;  enlistment,  126; 
men  posted,  129;  men  there,  146; 
men  from,  153.     (See  Nashua.) 

Langly,  Lidey  (Lydia),  captive,  72. 
(See  Longley.) 

Lawrence  (Larrance,  Larraness,  Law- 
ranc,     Lawrance,     Lorinc),     family, 

IS4- 

Lawrence,  Abel :  paid,  173;  corporal, 
177. 

Lawrence,  Amos :  sergeant,  151;  paid, 
171. 

Lawrence,  Anna  (Tarbell),  mother  of 
captain,  150. 

Lawrence,  Benjamin,  paid,  172. 

Lawrence,  Captain,  biography,  151. 

Lawrence,  Colonel  William,  letter,  169, 
170. 

Lawrence,  Daniel,  about  to  leave  Gro- 
ton, 104. 

Lawrence,  Enoch  (Enosh):  in  garrison, 
59;  location,  62;  wounded,  84,  85, 
106. 

Lawrence,  Ensign  (Insine),  182. 

Lawrence,  James,  owner  of  Tarbell 
farm,  124. 

Lawrence,  John  :  in  garrison,  61  ;  father 
of  captain,  151. 

Lawrence,  Jonathan  :  in  garrison,  60  ; 
signature,  97;  private,  155. 

Lawrence,  Joseph,  about  to  leave  Gro- 
ton, 104. 

Lawrence,  Lieutenant,  in  garrison,  107. 

Lawrence,  Nathaniel,  184:  ensign,  12; 
in  garrison,  60  ;  soldier,  128;  bayonet- 
man,  177. 

Lawrence,  Peleg,  in  garrison,  60,  186. 

Lawrence,  Thomas  :  private,  152,  155, 
163  ;  lieutenant,  157  ;  biography,  160; 
captain,  166-168. 
Lawrence,  William;  soldier,  126,128; 
clerk,  155;  guardian,  164. 

Lawrence,  Prudence,  160. 

Lawrence,   Zachariah,   about  to   leave 

Groton,  104. 
Lawrence  Academy,  Groton,  62. 
Leber,  signature,  77. 


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Lecture  (lecter)  ilay,  102. 
Leominster,  Mass.,  people  in,  150. 
Lessley,  George,  i)rivate,  17O. 
Leverett,  Governor  John,  Parker's  cor- 

resDondence  with,  14;  allusion,  24. 
Levy,  (iroton,  77. 
Lisle,  John,  allusion,  62. 
Littleton,   Mass.,   175,    188,   189;    men 

from,  153. 
Londonderry,  N.  IL,  136. 
Lodowick,  Mr.,  in  Boston,  65. 
Longfellow,  IL  W.,  poet,  170. 
Longley  family,  sad  story,  73,  74. 
Longlcy,  lietty,  captive,  75. 
Longley,  John  :  casualties  in  family,  67  • 
captive,  75;  return,  76.  ' 

Longley,  Jonathan,  sentinel,  151. 
Longley,  Joseph,  wounded,  178. 
Longley,  Joseph,  Jr.,  death,  178. 
Longley,  Lydia  Madeleine  :  captive,  75  ; 

signature,  77.     (See  Langly.) 
Longley,    William:   constable,    14;  on 
committee,  20;   in  garrison,   59;   ac- 
count of,   71 ;  town-clerk,  murdered, 
75  ;  family,  106. 

Longley,  Zachariah  (Zecheria),  private, 
152. 

Lorette,  Canada,  boys  from,  120. 
Louisburg,  N.  S.,  death  in,  150. 
Lovewell,  Captain  John,    134,  144. 
Lovewell  Lamented,  134. 
Lovewell's  Fight,  107. 
Lovewell's    Pond,    134-144;    company 

arrives  there,  137. 
Lovewell's  War,  end  of,  146. 
Lowden,  Richard,  petitioner,  41. 
Lowell,  Mass.,  187  ;    W^imesit  Indians 

near,  22. 

Unvcr  Regiment,  Middlesex  County 
87,  88.  ' 

Lund,  Thomas,  soldier,  126. 

Lunenburg  (Luninburg),  Mass.,  174, 
175  :  people  in,  150. 

Lynn  (Linne),  Mass.,  commissioner,  42. 


MacCarroll  (Mach  Charril),   Barna- 
bas (Barnibus),  paid,  171. 
Magnalia,  Mather's,  56,  6-;,  71,  81. 
Mahmachecomak,  180;  signature,  181. 


Main  .Street,  Groton,  62,  151. 

Maiden  (Maulden),  Mass.  :  constable  of, 

37  ;  commissioner  from,  42. 
Manchester,  Mass.,  commissioner  from, 

42. 

Manchester,  Wis.,  191. 

Marcoux,  Rev.  Fran9ois,  parish  priest, 

123. 
Marine  and  Colonies,  Archives,  64. 
Marlborough  (Malbery,  Malbui'y,  Marl- 
borow,  Marlbory),  Mass.,  23,' So,  88, 
187;  Hawkins  .sent  there,  16;  Indians] 
18 ;  surprise,  to5. 
Marseilles,  France,  122. 
Marshall's  Diary,  89,  92. 
Marshall,  John,  87. 
Marshall,  Margaret,  age,  173. 
Marsh,  James   Rumbly,    witness,    iSc. 

186.  ^ 

Martin,  Samuel,  private,  175. 
Martin's  Pond  road,  Groton,  67, 
Mas.sachu.setts  :  S.  Willard  in,  13  ;  offer 

made  by,  133,  134. 
Massachusetts  Archives,  references,  10, 

15.17.  '9.  20,  24,  36,37,43,49,54',  58; 

64.69,71-73,79,80,82,84,85,91,93, 

94.  96,  97.  loi,  104,  107,  109,  113,  114 

126,  128,130,  ,33,  146,   155.  158-173,' 

187. 

Massachusetts      (masiacheusits)     Bay, 

70;  province  of,  84. 
Mas.sachusetts  Colony,  16,  22,  184. 
Massachusetts  Plistorical  Society  Col. 

lections,  67,  86,  87,  92,  95,  104,  174. 
Mason,  Hugh,  petitioner,  41. 
^  Massapoag  Pond,  188. 
Mather,   Rev.   Cotton,  quoted,  56,  63, 

71.  Si- 
Mather,  Rev.  Increase  :  quoted,  27,  28; 

letter  to,  35. 
Mather  Manuscripts,  35. 
Maulden  (Maiden),  Ma.ss.,  constable  of, 

37- 
Meadford   (Medford),    Mass.,  commis- 
sioner from,  42. 
Medfield,  Mass.,  boast  of  John  Monaco 

concerning,  33. 
Medford   (Meadford,  Metforu),  Mass., 

42,  175' 
Meeting-house  monument,  44. 


INDEX. 


205 


Melvin,  Captain,  promise,  159. 
Memorial   of   the    Present    J)eploraI)le 

State  of  New  England,  95. 
Mcricl,  pretrc,  signature,  no. 
Merrimack  River:   allusion  to,  7,  169; 
Indians  on  the  east  side,  18;  garrison, 
19  ;  hunting  on  side,  50 ;  Indians  cross, 
66;    attack   near,    74;   military  pas- 
sage, 80. 
Merrimack  Valley,  brawl  there,  9. 
Mctcaif    (Medcal'f),    Joseph,    bayonet- 
man,  177, 
Melford  (Medford),  Mass.,  175. 
Michcson,  Thomas,  paid,  45. 
Middlesex  County,   Mass.,   17,   39,  40; 
troopers    in,    12;     committee,     41; 
court,   179;  governor's  tour,  86;  reg- 
iments, 87  ;  company  disbanded,  146. 
Middlesex   I'lobate   Office,  no;  inven- 
tory in,  26. 
Middlesex  Registry  of  Deeds,  183. 
Middlesex  Upper  Regiment,  at  Groton, 

S3- 
Miles,  Hezekiah,  Indian,  72.  ■ 
Military  watch,  64. 
Millard,  Humphrey,  paid,  47. 
Mill,  Captain's,  garrison,  107,  108. 
Missionary  tour  in  Maine,  108. 
Mohokes  (Mohawks),  50. 
Monaco  (Monoco),  John  :  principal   in 
burning  of  Groton,  8  ;  captain  of   In- 
dians, 32. 
Monadnock   Mountain :    Indians  near, 
99;    Wayman   there,    loi  ;    Indians 
.scali>hunting  there,  133. 
Montreal,   Canada,  76,   109,   117,   122; 

prisoner  there,  149 
Moody,  Samuel,  on  committee,  146. 
Moore,  Captain  Jacob,  commander  of 

cavalry,  53. 
Moors  (Mores),  Timothy,  bayonet-man, 

'54.  177- 
Moosehillock,  Groton.  143. 
Morse  (Mors,    Moss),  Jeremiah,  paid, 

44,46. 
Morse,  John  :  town-clerk,   35  ;   ransom, 

36.  43  • 
Morse,  Jonathan,  clerk,  1S3. 
Moseley  (Mosseley),  Captain   Samuel, 
16;  helps  Parker,  14;  letter,  15.  j 


Moses  and  Aaron,  allusion,  83. 
Moss-house,  first,  loS. 
Mousal,  constable,  37. 
Mulpus  IJrook,  Shirley,  188. 
Muster-roll  of  Captain  Lawrence's  com- 
pany, 163. 
Mutiny,  ringleaders,  98. 
Myrick,  John,  92. 


Nacoc  Pond,  Littleton,  1S8. 

Nahamcok,  Indian  village,  50. 

Nahaughton,  Will,  petition,  187. 

Narrative  of  the  Captivity  "f  Mis.  John- 
son, 149. 

Narrative  of  the  Troubles  with  the  In- 
dians in  New  England,  29 

Nashoba  (Littleton),  Mass.,  hill  and 
brook,   1S9, 

Nashua  (Nashaway,  ISiashowah,  Nash- 
oway),  Mass.,  Moseley  there,  15. 
(See  Lancaster.) 

Nashua,  N.  II.,  141. 

Nashua  River,  133,  184,  1S9,  190;  Indi- 
ans there,  87;  enemy  upon,  96;  Shat- 
tucks  near,  105;  north  side,  131;  log- 
house,  145. 

Nashua  tribe,  few  families  belonging 
to,  7. 

Nashua  Valley,  savages  there,  7. 

Nashubah  (Nashoba),  Mass.,  Indians 
there,  18. 

Nason,  Rev.  Elias,  quoted,  43. 

Nasquuns,  John,  drunkard,  51. 

Nassacombewit,  Indian,  67. 

Natacook  Indians,  18. 

Nathaniel,  principal  Indian,  8. 

Natick,  Mas.s.,  184. 

Nehatchcchin.  drunken  squaw,  5t. 

Ncrigawag  (Norridgewock),  Maine, 
67. 

Newbury  (Newbery),  Mass.,  situation, 
42. 

New  England  ;  ebbing  waters  in,  TiT^  ; 
wish  of  Indian  regarding,  1 1 1  ;  allu- 
sion, 121. 

New  England  Courant,  131. 

New  England  Historical  and  Genealo- 
gical Register,  in. 


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INDEX. 


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New   England    Historic    Genealogical 

Society,  22,44,  7i' 
New  England's  Tears,  by  B.  Tompson, 

13- 

New    Hampshire,   8 ;    Concord   in,  9 ; 
allusion,  52;  offer  made  by,  133,  134. 

Newichewanick  (lierwick),  Maine,  53. 

News  from  New  England,  in  London 
pamphlets,  29. 

Newton  (New  Cambridge),  Mass.,  His- 
tory and  men  of,  92. 

New  York  City,  123. 

New  York,  Colonial  History  of,  72. 

New  York  State,  Dutch  in,  12. 

Nichols  (Nicholes),  Benjamin,  soldier, 
126. 

Nichols,  Captain  Thomas,  at  court- 
martial,  98. 

Nichols,  Colonel  Ebenezer,  regiment, 
166-168. 

Nichols,  Samuel,  private,  152. 

Nicholson,  Captain   Francis,  letter,  52. 

>.issitisset  River,  Peppered,  189, 

Nod,  Groton  locality,  62. 

Nomanacomak  :  Indian,  180;  signature,  ! 
181.  j 

Nonacoicus  (Coicus),  62,  187,  i8g;  in  | 
Ayer,  13 ;  Major  Willard's  quarters,  i 
24. 

Nonantinooah,  Jacob,  certificates  re- 
lating to,  57,  58. 

Norfolk,  Mass.,  a  different  county,  17. 

Norridgewock  (Ncngawag,  Norridge- 
awocke,  Norridgwogg),  Maine,  67, 
72,  73  ;  man  brought  to,  108. 

North  Common,  Groton,  67. 

Northfield,  Mass.,  169;  land  adjoining, 
147. 

Northampton,  Mass.,  letter  from,  167. 

Notre  Dame,  Congregation,  record 
there,  1 10. 

Norway,  N.  Y.,  Tarbell's  death  there, 
124. 

Nourse,  Henry  Stedman,  179. 

Nova  Scotia,  150,  170;  expedition,  174. 
Nubanussuck  Pond,  Westford,  189. 
Nutfiekl  (Londonderry),  N.  H.,  136. 
Nutting    (Nutten),   Benjamin,    soldier, 

165. 
Nutting,  Ebenezer,  left  Groton,  104. 


Nutting,  Ephraim,  Jr.,  bayonet-man, 
177- 

Nutting,  Ezekiel,  private,  155. 

Nutting,  Isaac,  165. 

Nutting,  Isaac,  Jr.,  private,  166,  167. 

Nutting,  Jacob,  private,  175;  bayonet- 
man,  177. 

Nutting,  James:  in  garrison,  59;  signa- 
ture, 91. 

Nutting,  John  :  hou.sc  uocd  ns  garrison, 
25  ;  killed  43  J  in  garrison,  59  ;  soldier, 
165,  166. 

Nutting,  John,  Jr.,  private,  155,  165. 

Nutting,  jDuathan:  private,  153;  peti- 
tion, 156. 

Nutting,  Joseph,  165. 

Nutting,  Nathaniel,  private,  169. 

Nutting,  Simeon,  soldier,  165. 

Nutting,  William  :  testimony,  loo;  pri- 
vate, 15s;  paid,  172. 


Oakes,  Thomas,  speaker,  96. 
Old  South  Church,  pastor  of,  65. 
"One-eyed  John"  (nickname  for  Mon- 
aco), 8,32. 
Osgood,  Benjamin,  soldier,  126. 
Osgood,  Captain  Thomas,  his  company, 

'75- 
Osgood,  David,  soldier,  126. 
Ossipee    (Ossipy),   N.    H.,   fort  there, 

•36,  139- 

Ossipee  River,  134. 

Outlands,  neglected,  97. 

Outlying  towns,  condition  of,  102. 

Out-towns,  law  regarding,  loi. 

Oyster    River  (Durham),  N.  H.,  allu- 
sions, 72,  73. 


Page  (Pag,  Paige),  Benjamin,  private, 
152. 

Page,  John:  witness,  9,  10;  on  com- 
mittee, 20,  182;  in  Canada,  54;  peti- 
tion, 55  ;  his  son,  56;  in  garrisons,  61 ; 
sergeant,  154;  paid,  171  ;  corporal, 
184. 

Page,  Jonathan,  about  to  leave  Groton, 
104. 


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INDEX. 


J07 


'on.  59 ;  signa- 


imm,  private, 


eave  Groton, 


Fage,   Joseph;  corporal,  151;    soldier, 

i()5 ;  bayonet-man,  177. 
Page,  Joseph,  jr.,  bayonet-man,  177. 
I'alisades,  pulkd  down,  27. 
Palmer,  Mass.,  112. 
Palmer,  Benjamin,  settled  in  garrison, 

59- 
Pamphlets  on  King  Philip's  War,  28. 

Paris,  France,  64,  122. 

Parish  (Paris,  Parrish),  John,  182,  1S4; 

in  garrison,  59. 
Parish,  Robert,  witness,  9. 
I'arker  family,  prominent,  154. 
Parker,  Abiel,  sergeant,  174. 
Parker,  Abigail,  in  garrison,  61. 
Parker,    Benjamin,     under     Lovewell, 

Parker,  Captain  Josiah  ;  town-clerk, 
52,  56,  57;  quoted,  70;  petition, 
71;  Nathaniel  Healy  under,  93; 
court-martial,  98;   letter,  102. 

Parker,  Eleazer  (Eliezar)  :  constable, 
84  ;  soldier,  165. 

Parker,  Ephraim,  private,  174. 

Parker,  Gideon,  private,  174. 

Parker,  Jame:;,  Sr. ;  acquaintance  with 
Monaco,  8;  lieutenant  and  captuin, 
12,  52,  53,  59,  82;  letters,  14,  15,  49. 
50;  at  Dunstable,  19;  on  commit- 
tee, 20  ;  suppliant,  22,  23 ;  escape  to 
house  of,  27  ;  garrison,  32,  59,  62 ; 
house  fired,  35;  Indians  on  land,  38; 
selectman,  79  ;  sergeant,  192. 

Parker.  James,  Jr. :  casualties  in  fam- 
ily, 67;  killed,  children  captives,  70. 

Parker,  John,  Jr.,  private,  155. 

Parker,  Jonas,  private.  155. 

Parker,  Jonathan  :    paid,   45 ;    private, 

15a- 

Parker,  Joseph  :  testimony,  58  ;  m  gar- 
rison, 61  ;  private,  155. 

Parker,  Lemuel,  bayonet-man,  177. 

Parker,  Leonard,  soldier,  165,  166. 

Parker,  Lieutenant  Isaac,  148;  captured, 
149. 

Parker,  Nathaniel :  about  to  leave  Gro- 
ton, 104;  private,  155, 165,  i66;  paid, 
171. 

Parker,  Obadiah,  sergeant,  151. 

Parker,  Oliver,  soldier,  164. 


Parker,  Peter,   private,    155  ;    bayonet. 

man,  177. 
Parker,    Phineh"S   (Phinias)  :    child    of 

James,  Jr.,  70;  soldier,  126;  sergeant, 

128;  private,  175. 
Parker,  Samuel :  in  garrison,   59,    107  ; 

selectman,  84   97;  signature,  91. 
Parker,  Silas,  private,  175. 
Parker,  William,  soldier,  165. 
Parker,  William,  Jr.,  bayonet-man,  177. 
Parker,  Zachariah,  in  garrison,  59. 
Parkhurst,  Joel,  not  eul'sted,  166. 
Parkman,  Francis,  historian,  64. 
Partridges  in  St.  Regis,  119. 
Pascaud,  M.  fitienne,  signature,  no. 
Pasmore,  Richard,  paid,  47. 
Patatuck,  Jacob,  Indian,  183-185. 
Patch,  Jonathan,  private,  152. 
Patch,  Isaac,  private,  169. 
Patch,  Isaac,  Jr.,  private,  155,  169. 
Patterson    (I'aterson),   Joseph  :    scout, 

154;  private,  175. 
Paugus  :  Indian  chief,  134,  137;  killcfl 

by  John  Chamberlain,   13S,  139;    his 

avengers,  140-145. 
Paugus's  Hole,  145. 
Paugus  Brook,  145. 
Payne,  Th(mias,  servant,  II. 
Pearce,  Simon,  sergeant,  1 54. 
Peirce,  Stephen,  soldier,  165. 
Penacook  (Penccooke,  Penicooke,  Pen- 

nakooke,  Pennycooke),now  Concord, 

N.  IL,  9-1 1,  52;   Indians  there,   18; 

not  advisable  to  go  there,  19. 
Penhallow,   Judge    Samuel,    historian, 

■87,92,94,95.  «3'.  132. 
Penobscot  Indians,  65. 
Peppcrell  (Pepperrell,  Pepperil),  Mass., 

173.  175.  i88- 
Pecpiawket     (Pcquaket,    Piggwacket) : 

fight    there,    107,    134,    142;    tribe, 

137. 
Perham   (Paraham,   Parham,  Perrum), 

John  :  in  garri.son,  60;  sergeant,  100. 
Perham,  Joseph,  leaving  Groton,  104. 
Perry,  Obadiah,  soldier,  165. 
Peta'upaukett  (Petapawage,  Petapaway, 

Petapowok,  Petobawok),  Indian  name 

of  Groton,  179,  189. 
Pet'ir,  the  Big  Speak,  120. 


208 


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I   I    ■ 


Pcttipaug      (Paiitapaug,      PoattapoKc, 
I'ol.il)augc),    Indian    name    tor    Say- 
brook  (I'ls.scx),  tdiin.,   lyo. 
riiclps,    Jonathan  :    private,    1C5-167  ; 

liayonct-inan,  177. 
Philhrick  (I-'ilbrick,  [Mlbrook,  Phiilirck, 
Philbrook),  J'lphraiin    (Ephraiii)  :   in 
garrison,  60,  107  ;  jjrivatc,  153. 
Phillips,  Setii,  bayonct-nian,  177. 
Phips,  Hon.  Spencer,  letter,  i6y,  170. 
Phips,  Sir  William,  governor,  55. 
Physicians,  ij6;  scarcity  o£,  16. 
Pierce,  Daniel,  in  garrison,  60. 
Pierce,  Isaac,  private,  152. 
Pierce,  Jonathan,  bayonet-man,  177. 
Pierce,  Stephen,  bayonet-man,  177. 
Pierce,  Thomas,  167. 
Piggwacket  (Pequawkct),  fight,  135,  136. 
Pike,  Rev.  John,  journal,  65,  92,  104. 
Piscataqiia  (I'cscadoue),  64. 
Pollard,  Daniel,  private,  155. 
Pollard,  Jo.seph,  paid,  47. 
Pompequoonet  (Mr.  John),  185. 
Pontchartrain,  minister,  64. 
Pootuijpog  (bay),  190. 
Portland,  Maine,  68. 
Potapaco  (Port  Tobacco),  Md.,  190. 
Potomac  River,  190.' 
Potter,  John,  paid,  47. 
Potter,  Judge   Chandler   Eastman,  an- 

thor,  136,  138. 
Powers,  ixavid,  Jr.,  private,  152. 
Powers,  Pilot  Jerahl,  private,  154. 
Powers,  Thomas,  private,  1 52. 
Pratt,  John:   succeeds  Chubbuck,  54; 

corporal,  151. 
Pratt,  Jonathan,  bavonet-man,  177. 
Prcscott    (Prescot)familv,    prominent 
154. 

Prescott,  Abigail  Oliver,  151. 

Prescott,  Iienj.amin:  15,;  treasurer, 
127  ;  ordered  to  garrison,  128. 

Prcscott,  Captain  Jonathan,  at  court- 
martial,  98. 

Prescott,  Colonel  Charles,  166 

Prcscott.  Colonel  William:  ancestrv, 
87;  fompanv-clerk,  151,  152. 

Prescott,  Dr.  Oliver,  paid,  172. 

Prescott,  James  :  lieutenant,  151  ;  paid, 
15s.  '71  ;  guardian,  165,  captain,  177.' 


Prescott,  Jonas :  lieutenant,  52,  53  ; 
in  garrison,  60;  captain,  86;  signa- 
ture, 91,97;  court-martial,  9S;  daugh- 
ters,  151. 

Prescott,  Jonathan  :  chyrurgeon,  bill  of, 
56;  private,  155. 

Prcscott,  William    Ilickling,  historian, 

87. 

Priest,  Kleaicer,  captured,  150. 
Priest,  John,  private,  152. 
Priest,  Joseph,  150. 
Prince  Collection,  35. 
Prisoners,  sold  to  the  French,  66. 
Proiit,  t-'aptain,  orders  issued  to,  53. 
Prout,  Ebenezer,  clerk,  54. 
Province  galley,  71,  82, 
Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  172. 


QuABOG  (Quabauge,  Quobaog,  Quoah- 
baugc),  Prooklicld,  Mass.,  14-19; 
sagamore  of,  33. 

<^)uagnisheman  (James  Indian),  of  Cat- 
taconamak,  179. 

Quannapohit  (Quanapaiig,  James  Rum- 

bly  Marsh),  186. 
Quebec,  Canada,  120,  122;  journey  to, 

III ;  allusion,  141. 
Quincy,  Josiah,  speaker,  114,  1,5 
Huosopanagon    (Ponikin,    Quasaponi- 

km),  meadow  and  hill,  189. 


Rawson,  Edward,  secretary,  10,  11,  17 
,  '9-  24.  37,  43.  49 
Read,  John,  on  committee,  115, 
Read,  Samuel,  paid,  44. 
Rod  Hridge,  Groton,  7. 
Reading  (Redding,  Reding),  Mass,  80; 

commissioner  from,  42. 
Reed,  Captain,  169. 
Region,  Thomas,  paid,  47. 
Relation,  French,  65. 
Remington,  Jonathan,  commissary,  54. 
Ripley,  Rev.  .Sylvanus,  in  Canada!  120- 

122. 

Representatives,  House  of,  6S,  91,  93, 
95-97.  114,  125,  127,  130,  .32.  '146^ 
'53.  156-159. 


INDEX. 


209 


Revolution,  soldiers  in  the,  154. 
Rice,  Charles,  private,  175. 
Richardson,  Benjamin,  soldier,  165. 
Richardson,  Jephthah  (J^)tha),  private, 

169. 
Richmond  (Richman's)  Island,  81. 
Robbins  (Robin),  Robert  (  Kobart),  186; 

in  garrison,  60;  selectman,  97. 
Robins,  Iknjamin,  private,  175. 
Robins,  Elijah,  private,  175. 
Robins,  Isaac,  private,  176. 
Robins,  Philip,  165. 
Robins,  Robert,  Jr.,  private,  153. 
Robinson,  Aiiios,  private,  152. 
Robinson,  James,  in  garrison,  59. 
Rockwood,  Elisha,  sergeant,  177. 
Rockwood,    Elisha,   Jr.,    bayonet-man, 

'77- 
Rogers,  William,   Jr.:  signature,    113; 

money  owed  to,  116. 
Rome,  Italy,  122. 
Ropes,  holding  up,  139. 
Rouse  (Rouce),  Alexander:  casualties 

in  family,  67;  killed,  71. 
Rouse,  Tamasin  (Thomasine) :  at  Casco 

Bay,  71  ;  captive,  82. 
Rowley,  Mass.,  commissioner  from,  42. 
Roxbury,  Mass. :  boast  concerning,  ^^  ; 

governor  at,  103. 
Rumney  Marsh  (Chelsea),  Mass.,  186. 
Kundlett,  holding  six  gallons,  ii. 
Rural  Harmony,  191. 
Russel,  Mr.,  quoted,  108. 
Russell,  Elijah,  editor,  F40. 
Russell,  John,  on  committee,  146. 
Rus-sell's  Echo,  140. 
Rutland,  Mass.:  men  there,  146;  scout 

in,  129. 
Rye  and  Indian,  142. 


Saco  Pond,  company,  1 37. 
Sagamore  John,  187. 
Sagamore  Sam,  33. 
Sa-kon-en-tsi-ask,  Indian  chief,  118. 
Salem,  Mass.,  115,  191 ;  commissioners 

from,  42. 
Saltonstall,  Governor,  quoted,  133. 
Salmon  Falls,  N.  H.,  54. 


Salt,  supplied,  53. 

.Sanders,  VVilliani,  in  garrison,  59. 

Saunders,  David,  jjrivate,  175. 

.Saunderson,  Rev.  Henry  H.,  author, 
150. 

Saunderson,  William,  drummer,  175. 

Savage's  (jenealogical  Dictionary,  17. 

Savvtell  (Sartell,  Sartv.ell,  Satcll),  fam- 
ily, descended  from  Obadiah,  149. 

Sawtell,  Abel:  soldier,  160,  165;  fire- 
arms, 168. 

.Sawtell,  David:  soldier,  126,  165;  pe- 
tition, 16.^;  bayonet-man,  177. 

Sawtell,  David,  Jr.,  private,  152. 

Sawtell,     Ephraini,   Jr.,    bayonet-man, 

•77- 

Sawtell,  Ilczekiah,  sergeant,  151. 

Sawtell,  Jonathan,  private,  155. 

Sawtell,  Joseph,  petition,  165. 

Sawtell,  Josiah  :  petition,  147  ;  clerk, 
155;  paid,  172. 

Sawtell,  Moses,  soldier,  164. 

Sawtell,  Nathaniel,  private,  176. 

Sawtell,  Obadiah,  148  ;  sad  experience, 
149,  150;  bayonet-man,  177. 

Sawtell,  Richard:  his  talc,  25;  town- 
tlcrk,  191,  192. 

Sawtell,  .Samuel,  private,  174. 

Sawtell,  Zachariah  :  about  to  leave 
(.iroton,  104;  private,  152. 

.Sawyer,  Ezra   soldier,  126. 

Sawyer,  Samuel,  soldier,  126. 

Saybrook,  Conn.,  190. 

Scorpions,  83. 

Scott,  John,  165. 

Scott,  Lieutenant-Colonel  George,  com- 
pany, 175. 

Scott,  Thomas,  soldier,  165-167. 

Scripture  (Scropter,  Scripter),  Samuel  : 
in  garrison,  60,  examination,  100; 
soldier,  126,  228. 

Scripture,  Samuel,  Jr.,  private,  152. 

Seager  (Seger),  Ebenezer,  killed,  92; 
one  brother,  prisoner,  92. 

Seager,  Henry:  petition,  93  ;  his  mark, 
94. 

Sermon  booke,  76. 

Serpents,  finny,  allusion,  83. 

Severance,  Ejihraim,  soldier,  164;  bayo- 
net-man, 177. 


14 


210 


INDKX. 


,1  • 


.  I    ': 


Scwall,  Chief-Justice   Samuel,  67,  84 
diary,  65;  tour  in  Micklicstx  Cknuitv 
86. 
Sewall,  Rev.  .Saniuel,  iiistorian,  88. 
Sharrow    (.Slitrrow),    Mary,    laiuilaily 

158,  159. 
ShattucU  (.Shatlock,  Sliaddock),  family 

fatality  of,  106;  |)romiiicnt,  154. 
Shattuck,  Hciijiunin,  soldier,  165. 
.Shattuck,  David;  .soldier,  164;  bayonet- 
man,  177. 
Shattuck,  David,  Jr.,  soldier,  165. 
Shattuck,  James,  126,  i;8. 
Shattuck,  James,  Jr.,  154. 
Shattuck,  Jeremiah  I  i)rivate,  155;  cap- 
tain, 166,  167;  bayonet-man,  177. 
Shattuck,  Job,  bayonet-man,  177. 
Shattuck,  John  ;  iuNgarrison,  59 ;  drown- 
ing, widow,  61 ;  about  to  leave  Gro- 
ton,  104;  shot,  105;  memorial  stone, 
106;  private,  155. 
Shattuck,  Jonath.in,  priv.itc,  154. 
Shattuck,  Lemuel,  author,  58,  63. 
Shattuck,  Mr.,  garrison,  107,  roS. 
Shattuck,  N.-ithanicl,  private,  155,  169. 
Shattuck,  Oliver,  soldier,  164,  166,  167. 
Shattuck,  Ruth,  106. 
Shattuck,    Samuel:      testimony,     100; 
about   to   leave  Groton,    104;  under 
Love  well,  135. 
Shattuck,  Solomon,  not  enlisted,  166. 
Shattuck,  Thomas,  private,  165-167. 
Shattuck,  William,  about  to  leave  Gro- 
ton, 104. 

Shattuck  Manuscripts,  22,  38,  49,  52,  54. 

Shattuck  Memorials,  63. 

Shed,  William,  private,  176. 

Shepley  (Shceple,  Sheple,  Sheples, 
Shipley,  Shiply,  Shipple),  family: 
massacre  and  monument,  67  ;  promi- 
nent, 154. 

Shepley,  Elizabeth,  paid,  172. 

Shepley,  General  George  Foster,  Jus- 
tice of  circuit  court,  68. 

Shepley,  Hon.  Ether,  Chief-Ju.stice,68. 

Shepley,  John :  casualties  in  family,  67  ; 
petitioner,  69;  cajitive,  72;  ensign, 
"•37,  108;  private,  169,  paid,  171. 

i:)ht.pley  Jonathan:  soldier,  126,  165; 
-ern',:iit,  128. 


I  Shepley,  Joseph,  private,  155. 
Shepley,  Josiah,  bayonet-man,  177. 
She|)ley,  Lemuel,  soldier,  165. 
Shetutkct  River,  190. 
Shirley  (Shearly),  Lieutenant-Governor 
William,  157;  company  named  after, 
174. 
Shirley,  Mass.,  174,  1S8. 
Shrewsbury,  Mass.,  127. 
Sill,  Captain  Joseph:  dragoons,  30;  .it 
Oroton,  3^;  at  the  Ridges,  35;  com- 
mand of  garri.son,  36;  powder   lent 
.t".  37- 
Simond.s,  William,  private,  153. 
Simons,  JJenjamin,  paid,  45. 
Smith,  Captain  John,  map,  190. 
Smith,  Mathias,  paid,  46. 
Smith,  Nathaniel,  private,  155. 
Smith,  Oliver,  blankets,  167. 
Smith,  Pelatiah,  paid,  45. 
Smith,  Richard,  witness,  180. 
Soldiers,  paid,  44. 
Souhegan,  allusion,  50. 
Spain,  war  with  England,  86. 
Spaulding,  Andrew,  164. 
Spaulding,  Eleazer,  soldier,   164,    166, 

167,  176. 
Spaulding,  Leonard,  soldier,  163. 
Spaulding,  William,  corporal,  176. 
Sprague,  Conn.,  lyo. 
Sprague,  Jonathan,  paid,  45. 
Springfield,  Mass.,  112 
Squagh  (Squaw),  commanded   by  hus- 
band, II. 
Squannacook    (West   Groton),   village 

and  river,  123,  1S9,  190. 
St.  Riptiste,  corruption  of,  120. 
St.    Francis    Indians,   at   Charlestown, 

N.  IL,  140 
St.  George's  i'ort,  ;\!aii.ii,  156. 
St.  Lawrenr     Kjvm,   f 'o;  Tarbells  c.i- 
tablishec  ..    117,  Lord  Amherst 

descending,  1 19. 
St.  Regis,  Canada  :  chief  at,  116,  estab- 
lished, 117  ;  paintings  m,  123. 
.Stacey,  interpreter  from  Ipswich,  121. 
S;anley,  Onesiphorus,  paid,  45. 
Starling,  Daniel,  paid,  45. 
State    House  :  documents   at,   9  ;  allu- 
sion, 65  ;  petition,  157. 


INDEX. 


2n 


Stearns   (Stcrnes),    "-^Uubac-I    (Shuball, 

Subatll),  l)aid,  45-41'- 
Stephens,  Captain  I'liineaa,  175. 
Stephens,  Jolin,  soldier,  ij6. 
Stevens,  (-'yprian,  paid,  46. 
Stevens,  Jonathan,  private,  176. 
Steward,  Henjamin,  private,  152. 
Sto(1dard,  John,  sent  to  (^)uel)ec,  1 1 1. 
Stone  (Stones),  Aliicl,  private,  15^. 
Stone,  Denjamin,  paid,  17  r. 
Stone,  James,  paid,  171. 
Stone,   John:    in  garrison,   (o;    ahoul 

to  leave  Groton,    104;  bayonet-man, 

J77- 

Stone,  Jonas,  bayonet-man,  177. 

Stone,  Jonathan,  bayonet-man,  177. 

Stone,  Mr.,  garrison,  107. 

Stone,  Nathaniel,  bayonet-man,  177. 

Stone,  Simon  :  paid,  46;  wonnded,  56  ; 
descent  of,  57 ;  in  garrison,  60  ;  select- 
man, 84. 

Stony  Fordway,  Groton,  attack,  105. 

Stoughton,  Lieutenant-Governor  Wil- 
liam: allusion,  24;  proclamation,  72; 
letter,  80. 

Sudbury,  Mass. :  mischief  by  Indians, 
28 ;  strengthened,  39 ;  strokes  made 
on,  92. 

Suffolk  Horse,  at  Groton,  53. 

Sumers  (Summers),  Mr.,  house  of,  58. 

Sweyne,  Jeremy,  quoted,  54. 

Symmes,  Rev.  Mr.,  sermon,  134-140. 


Table,  Hubbard's,  quoted,  23- 

Tadmuck  Krook,  VVestford,  189. 

Tarbell  (Tarbal,  Tarball,  Tarblc,  Tar- 
bol,  Tarbull),  brothers:  bill  against, 
112;  petition,  1 13. 

Tarbell  children:  captured,  106;  pris- 
oners, 109;  turn  Indians,  116;  story, 
117-120;  captives,  123;  stone  erect- 
ed, 124. 

Tarbell,  Captain  Thomas,  scout,  1 54. 

Tarbell,  Corporal:  discovers  enemy; 
99;  garrison,  107,  108. 

Tarbell,  David,  bayonet-man,  177. 

Tarbell,  Eleazcr  (Eleazor),  120;  private, 
154. 


Tarbell,  James,  private,  152. 

'i'arbell,  John:  return  to  (iroton,  ill; 
l)rivate,  15,5- 

Tarbell,  Lesor  (I'Jeazcr),  120. 

Tarbell,  Loran,  119. 

Tarbell,  Louis,  120;  in  War  of  the  Re- 
bellion, 124. 

Tarbell,  Mitthil,  120. 

Tarbell,  i'eter,  120. 

Tarbell,  Samuel,  165;  under  I^vewtll, 

Tarbell,  Sarah,  baptized,  1 10. 

Tarbell,  Sergeaiit,  offer,  101. 

Tarbell,   Thomas ;     testimony,    58 ;    in 

garrison,    59;    selectman,    84;     ser- 
geant, 98;   will,    no.    111;    petition, 

115,  119;  paid,  171. 
Tarbell,    'Thomas,   Jr.:    witness,  9,  10; 

land-grant,  1S9. 
'Tarbell,  William,  petition,  153. 
Tarbell,  Zachariah  :    return   to  Groton, 

III ;  private,  175. 
Taxes,  83  ;  in  Groton,  79. 
Taxous  (Toxus):  Abenaqui  chief,  64; 

expedition,  65 ;  two   nephews  killed, 

66. 
Tayler,  Gillam,  physician,  158. 
Taylor,  Hugh,  paid,  45. 
Taylor,  Lieutenant  Joseph,  in  Canada, 

120-122. 
Taylor,  Major,  87  ;  at  Groton,  68,  69 ; 

colonel,  95. 
'Taylor,  Sebread,  paid,  45. 
'Tedd,  John,  paid,  45. 
Tenney,  Samuel,  private,  152. 
'Terry,  Ebenezer,  on  committee,  146. 
The  Ridges,  Groton,  35 
Thirty-fourth    New    York   Volunteers, 

124. 
Thursten,  Peter,  not  enlisted,  106. 
Ticonderoga,  N.  Y.,  162,  178. 
Tileston  &  Holling.sworth,  stone  raised 

by,  105. 
Tinker,    John,    selectman,   8;     Indiaii 

trafiic,  179,  180. 
Tiverton,  R.  I.,  115. 
Toby,  Indian,  136. 

Tohaunto,  chief,  1 1  •   temperance  of,  g. 
'Tom,  Captain,  petition,  187. 
Tompson,  Benjamin,  poet,  13. 


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INDEX. 


')    Vi 


'!'( 


M 


iss., 


191 


rdmniissiciicr 


ironi,  4_', 
Torakaron    (Taihcll),   Joscpli,    in    Jui- 

ropc,  122. 
Torrey,  Rufus  C,  authcir,  153. 
'ronxy.  William,  clerk,  49. 
Tdwu  I  Fall,  wiotoii,  .J,  27,  6j. 
Town-meeting,    1675,    jo ;     on    Cliiist- 

mas,  I  S3. 
Town  militia,  ])rcscrving  iVoniicrs,  103. 
Tdwnscnd,  Mass.,  173,  "175. 
Tmvnscncl,  I'cnn,  speaker,  S4. 
Trowbridge  (U'rubridge),  John,  private, 

169. 

Trucking-house,  11. 
Tnilovc,  Morris,  paid,  47. 
Trumbull,  jamcs  Hammond,  letter,  1S9. 
Tucker,  William,  private,  152.' 
Turkey  J  Jills  (Lunenburg),  Mass.,  146; 

men  posted  at,  12S,  129. 
Turner,  Lemuel,  private,  171;. 
Turner,  Xathaiiiel,  private,  "175. 
Turner,  Nchcmiah,  l)ayonet-man,  177. 
Tyng    (Ting,    Tinges,'  Tings,    Tvngs), 

Colonel  William,  146. 
Tyng,  Edward,  allusion,  49. 
Tyng,  Jonathan  :  allusion,  24;  petition 

68 ;  order,  80. 


U\QrF.TEN'.\ssF.TT  (Unquctcnorset,  Un- 

quety)  I'.rook,  1S9. 
Upper  Regiment,  Middlesex  Coimtv,  87. 
Usher,    Hezekiah:    garrison   supplied, 

5.3 :  will,  62. 
Usher,  John:  letter,  63;  soldier,  126. 


Vermont  Historical  Gazetteer,  162, 
163. 

Villicu,  Lieutenant  .Sebastian  de,  expe- 
dition, 65. 


Waaha\  (Waban),  Thomas,  [84. 
Wabansconcctt,  loc  alitv,  1S9. 
AVachuset      (Wochoosea)      Mountain, 
129. 

Wade,  Major  Nathaniel,  commander  of 
expedition  to  Canada,  54,  55. 


Waldo,  [ohii,  paid,  46. 

Waldo  J'ajjcrs,  76. 

Waldron  (Waldern),  Captain   Richard, 

trading-hoiise,  9,  11. 
Waldron,  Daniel,  deposition,  10. 
Walker,  Seth,  in  Charlestown,  150. 
Walmer  (Warner),  Samuel,  in  garrison 

59- 
Wamesit:  village,  18;  situation,  42. 
Wanusit  luili.ms,  near  J-owell,  22. 
Wamscahacet  ( Wamscahacetts,  Wom- 
scahacett,     Womscahacct),     Indian, 
180 ;  signature,  iSi. 
Wannalanset  ( Wanalansct),  Indian  sa- 
chem,   18;    information   by,  49. 
Warren  ( Warrin),  .Abijah,  l)avonet-nian, 

177- 
Warren,  William,  private,  152. 
Wars  of  Xew  llngland,  87. 
Warumbee,  Indian,  73. 
Watertown  (Watertowne),Mass. ;  relief 
from,  30;    boast  concerning,  33;  sol- 
diers from,  34;   commissioner  from 
42. 
W'attle's  Pond,  Groton,  145. 
Wayman  (Wyman),  Seth,  trial,  9S-101. 
N\  ells,  Thomas,  or.  committee,  115. 
Wenham,    Mass.,    115;    conmiissioncr 
from,  42. 

Wesson,  Captain  Ephraim :  letter,  162, 

jC'3;  lieutenant,  166. 
Wesson,  Isaac,  private,  169. 
Wesson,  Nathan,  soldier,  165-167. 
Wesson,  Nathaniel,  private,  169. 
Wesson,  Stephen,  161;. 
Westenhook,  N.  Y.,  112. 
Westfield,  Mas.s.,  112. 
Westford,    Mass.,    153,    ,74,   ,7 3,    iSS, 

189. 
Weston,  Mass.,  176. 
West  Regiment,  Middlesex  County,  59. 
Wethe    (Wilthe,    Withec),    Zaehariali, 

private,   169. 
Wetmore,  Judge  William,  191. 
Weymessitt   (Wamesit);  garrison,  39; 

allusion,  184. 
Wheat,  Joshua,  in  garrison,  6r. 
Wheeler  (WHielcr),  Abraham,  paid,  17 1. 
Wheeler,  Captain  Thomas:  letter,  16; 

suppliant,  23. 


INDEX. 


213 


Wheeler,  Ephraim,  soldier,  126. 

Wlu'clcr,  Josiah,  paid,  ,15. 

WlKi'lcr,  Moses,  pioneer,  150. 

NViieeler,  Simon  :  soldier,  165  ;  gun  lost, 
i()S. 

Wheclock,  Kleazer,  I).  D.,  author,  121. 

Wheelock,  Jose])h,  soKlii'r,  126. 

Whipple    (Whiple),    lileazcr,    private, 
170. 

Whipple,  Nathan:  private,   175;  bayo- 
net-man, 177. 

Whitcouib  (Whiteom),  John,  witness, 
iSo,  181. 

W'hitcomb,  Oliver,  private,  152. 

White,  Ebenezer,  corporal,  54. 

White,  John,  Jr.,  private,  152. 

White,  Nathaniel,  i)rivate,  152. 

Wh'''n^  ( Whittiug),  Joshua,  in  garri- 
son, ()0. 

Whiting,  Joshua,  Jr.,  in  garrison,  60. 

Whitman,  John,  private,  152. 

Whitney  (Whitting),  the  name,  61. 

Whitney,  Cornelius  (Corcnallus),  about 
to  lea\'.'  (Iroton,  104. 

Whitney  (Whittucy),  Deacon,  107. 

Whitney,  Josiah,  about  to  leave  Ckoton, 
104. 

Whitney,  .Samuel,  paid,  44. 

Widow  Nutting,  John's  wife,  27. 

Widow  Squaw  {S([iia)  :  cpiestion  sub- 
mitted to,  94;    penalty  decided    by, 

95- 
Wilder,  Colonel  Oliver,  166. 
Wilder  (Wyhr),  Lieutenant  Nathaniel, 

87. 
Willard  (Well.ard),  Aaron,  soldier,  r26. 
Willard,  Captain  Abijah,  his  company, 

Willa;  i,  Ca])taiu  lienjamin,  at  court- 
martial,  (jS. 

Willard,  Colonel  Joseph,  Fort  Dum- 
nicr,  156. 

Willard,  Henry,  under  T.ovewell,  135. 

Willard,  Josiah  :  secretary,  115;  letter, 
145,  146. 

Willard,  Major  Simon:  witness,  10; 
prominent  man,  13;  heljjs  I'arker,  14; 
communication,  19;  jjetition,  21 ;  su])- 
pliant,22;  unable  to  relieve  Groton, 
34;  paid,  47  ;  allusion,  171. 


Willard,  Miriam,  ca|>tured,  149. 

Willard,  Moses:  killed,  149;  in  Charles- 
town,  150. 

Willard,  Moses,  Jr.,  narrow  csca|)c, 
149. 

Willard,  Rev.  Samuel:  jjetiliou,  21; 
hand-writing,  Jj;  lndi.u\  taunts,  28  ; 
tacts  obtained  from,  2<) ;  garri.son, 
38;   garret,  39;  allusion,  156. 

Willard,  Sarah,  05. 

Willard  house,  used  as  garrison,  25. 

William  llenrv,  fort,  N.  \'..  siege,  178. 

W'illiams,  Captain  Stephen,  court-mar- 
tial, 98. 

Williams,  Isaac,  private,  176. 

Williams,  Jason,  soldier,  128. 

Williams,  John,  sent  to  (Quebec,  ill. 

Williams,  Josiah,  private,  174. 

Williams,  Mrs.  lumicc,  122. 

Williams,  Kev.  John,  captured  from 
Deerfield,  121. 

Willis,  Zachariah,  soldier,  165. 

Wilson,  Iknjamin,  sergeant,  88. 

Wilthe  (Wethe,  Withee),  Zachariah, 
])rivate,    161). 

Winslow,  (ieneral  John,  158;  journal, 
174. 

Winslow,  Jacob,  paid,  45. 

Winslow,  Maine,  158. 

Winter,  hard,  97 

Wiswell,  Captain  Noah  :  finds  no  en- 
emy, 54;   Indian  uniler  his  command, 

57- 
Withee    (W'ethe,    Wilthe),    Zachariah, 

private,  169. 

Wobmn  (Wooburne),  Mass.:  inhal>i- 
tants  sitting  on  the  fence,  42 ;  letter, 
80;  History,  88;  allusion,  137. 

Wochoosett  (Wachuset)  Mountain,  129. 

Wood,  liennet,  jirivate,  i  i;2. 

Wood,  Elea/.er  (Klea/or),  private,  152. 

W^)od,  I'.lizabeth,  no. 

Wood,  John,  paid,  45. 

Wood,  Thomas,  jiaid,  45. 

Woods  (Wods,  WoiKles),  Aaron,  pri- 
vate, 155. 

Woods,  Alice  (.Vise)  :  wife  of  Samuel, 
38;  in  WMIIard's  garret,  39. 

Woods,  lienjamin,  soldier,  165. 

WoocLs,  Daniel,  killed,  134. 


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Woods,  Eber,  garrison,  near  house  of, 

25- 
Woods,  Henry:  suppliant,  23;  petition, 

158-160;  letter,  162;  soldier,  163. 
Woods,  Isaac:  soldier,  126,  128;  paid. 

171. 

Woods,  John,  165;  lieutenant,  151. 
Woods,  John,  Jr.,  bayonet-man,  177. 
Woods,  Jona,  private,  176. 
Woods,  Jonas,  private,  169. 
Woods,  Moses:  private,  155  ;  corporal, 
175. 

Woods,  Nathaniel:  selectman,  97; 
about  to  leave  Groton,  104. 

Woods,  Nathaniel,  Jr.,  153;  bayonet- 
man,  177. 

Woods,  Reuben  (Ruben):  private,  152, 
ISS;  sergeant,  177. 


Woods,  Samuel,  in  garrison,  61. 
Woods,    Thomas :     in    garrison,    61  • 

killed,  134;  private,  155.  ' 

Woolley,  Charles,  authority,  145. 
Worcester,  Mass.,  16S. 
Wright,  David,  private,  176. 
Wright,  Josiah,  private,  176. 
Wright,  Oliver:  soldier,  164;  sergeant, 

loo. 

Wyler  (Wilder),  Lieutenant  Nathaniel 
87. 

Wyman  (Wayman),  Ensign  Seth,  com- 
mander, 137,  138. 

Xavier,  St.  Fran9ois,  portrait,  123. 

Yeoman,  175,  176. 


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